40-43, WEST STREET

TF 4475-4575 6/41

ALFORD WEST STREET (south east side) Nos. 40 to 43 (consecutive)

G.V. II

6 almshouses and wall, now 4. 1870. Red brick with 2 blue brick bands, ashlar and terracotta dressings, hipped slate roofs with decorative ridge tiles and finials, 4 ridge stacks with diamond set shafts. U-plan. Single storey with attics, 10 bay front, the end bays are advanced and hipped. Plinth, moulded terracotta string course, bracketed eaves. Central pair of half glazed doors flanked by pairs of 2 light casement windows, single doors and further single 2 light windows beyond. Above the centre is a recessed square stone plaque recording foundation by Sir Robert Christopher in 1668 and rebuilding in 1870, with above a 4 light window in a gable. All windows have chamfered mullions and surrounds, the doors with shouldered surrounds. In the central gable is a scrolled cartouche of arms. To either side are gabled 2 light dormer casements with carved bargeboards supported on wooden brackets. Linking the advanced end bays is a low pierced brick wall with ashlar coping and to either side of the central gateway are square piers with pyramidal copings.

Listing NGR: TF4517875860