Lench'S Trust Almshouses

Lench's Trust Almshouses, dated 1858, were designed by J H Hornblower and Haylock. The building is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and features shaped tiled roofs, reflecting a Jacobean style. The front of the building presents a symmetrical layout with a central matron's lodge flanked by two wings that extend back from a side wall, which has a single door located just to the left of the lodge. The matron's lodge features a shaped gable, while the wings have gables adorned with richly decorated tripartite panels that include identical inscriptions and are topped with chimneys.

The matron's lodge has a tripartite mullioned and transomed window at ground level, and above it, there is another tripartite mullioned window with a hood mould. The wall is capped with a moulded stone that continues as stringcourses across the facade of the wings. Inside the precinct, there is a lawn with twelve almshouses arranged in two rows of six on either side. Each almshouse has two-light casement windows on both the ground and first floors. The porches, which provide access to three almshouses each, rise through two storeys, are open on three sides at ground level, feature a single two-light casement window on the first floor, and end in shaped gables. The matron's lodge also includes a stone canted bay window that rises through two storeys and culminates in a shaped gable.