Church End Cottages

TL 39 22 7/21 24.1.67

Standon STANDON PAPER MILL LANE (south side) Church End Cottages (Nos 1, and 2) Formerly listed under High Street)

GV II

2 almshouses. C17 origin, enlarged and Gothicised in early C19. Timber frame roughcast. Red brick front wings with diaper of black headers and similar facing to front wall between. Steep old red tile roofs, fish scale tiles to oriel windows. One and a half storeys U-shaped building facing N with 2 gabled wings at front of older E-W range. W front wing (No 2) now rendered. Gothic detailing fretted bargeboards and Tudor style door frames. Canted oriel with hexagonal-paned cast iron casements on the end of each wing and large external lateral chimneys. Mullioned window and Tudor arched doorway in centre with blind loop-window on right of window and gabled 2-light dormer over. Central chimney to main range with elaborate facade to each end gable. 3-light mullioned window with additional small central top light, all under a stepped moulded cornice. Plank door in moulded wooden doorcase with 4-centred Tudor head and carved spandrels. Gothic cast iron casement window beside door. A picturesque group of ornamental almshouses.

Listing NGR: TL3959122161