1-5, Pytts Cottages

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SO 66 SW 6/21

KYRE CP KYRE Nos 1-5 Pytts Cottages

(formerly listed as Nos 1-4 Hospital Cottages KYRE PARK, previously listed as Pytts Almshouses)

6.10.52

GV II Eight almshouses, now divided into five houses. Founded in 1716 by will of Anne Pytts, with mid-C20 alterations. Handmade brick with plain tiled roofs, gable-end parapets and brick stacks at rear. U-plan. Single storey and attic with gabled dormers and three-course band at attic storey level. Openings all have gauged flat heads.

Main north-west elevation: ground floor windows are the original wooden mullion and transom ones. Central range has four windows and four doorways with moulded architraves and C20 doors, two of which are partly glazed. Above the central two doors and windows is a painted timber pediment which contains a circular motif enclosing three shields and the word "SALOP". There is a ground floor window and a leaded attic light at the gable ends of both of the wings, and above the attic light is an additional brick band of two courses. There is a blocked doorway in both angles with the central range. At the rear of the central range are additional service wings.

The building was founded for eight widows selected from Kyre Parish and the seven surrounding parishes.

Listing NGR: SO6252563344