Offley Almshouses And Front Boundary Wall

The Offley Almshouses, located on Station Road in Madeley, are a row of almshouses originally built in 1645, which has been remodelled and extended in 1889, and restored again in 1968. The building is constructed of purplish-brown brick in mixed bonds, topped with a plain tile roof and features five ridge stacks. It stands two storeys high with a continuous dentil eaves cornice. The first floor has ten windows, which are two-light late 19th-century leaded casements, while the ground floor windows are set under segmental heads. There are plain boarded doors in pairs, each sheltered by six hip-roofed porches supported by wooden pillars on low brick walls. Number 1, at the right-hand end, is set back from the others and is an addition from 1889, designed in a similar style. In front of the almshouses is a low brick wall with stone capping. These almshouses were established under the will of Sir John Offley of Madeley in 1645 and were later extended and improved by Hungerford, Baron of Crewe, in 1889.