The Alms Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1975. Almshouse.
The Alms Cottages
- WRENN ID
- heavy-parapet-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 November 1975
- Type
- Almshouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TL 1638 CLIFTON SHEFFORD ROAD 12/31
18.11.75 Nos. 10 and 12 (The Alms Cottages) /formerly listed as (Clifton Almshoused)/ II Pair of almshouses. Upened 1872. Door dripmoulds have inscriptions: "Gleaner & Sower", "Widows homes", a reference to 2 monthly magazines. The Little Gleaner for the Young and The Sower. The editor of these, the Rev. Septimus Sears (Minister of the Strict and Particular Baptist Chapel for 35 years from 1844), drew on the profits of the magazines to partly finance the building of the almshouses. Colourwashed brick, pyramidal clay tile roof. Small single- storeyed rectangular block with symmetrical facade. A large 4-light wood mullioned window with slender transom is flanked by doors of 6 vertical panels with pegged cover strips. Each opening has square label with inscription, that to window reading: "A judge of the widows is God in his Holy habitation". Central brick double ridge stack.
Listing NGR: TL1638538914
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