Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Hertsmere local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1985. Almshouse.

Almshouses

WRENN ID: waiting-niche-harvest
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Hertsmere
Country: England
Date first listed: 12 August 1985
Type: Almshouse
Source: Historic England listing

Description

TQ 2499 POTTERS BAR BENTLEY HEATH LANE

Barnet

12/180 Nos. 20 to 26 (even) (Almshouses)

GV II

Row of 4 almshouses. 1864 on central datestone. Built for G. Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford. English bond red brick, cement rendered dressings, slate roof. 1 storey. 6 bays: 2 paired entrances with flanking windows. Chamfered surrounds and keystone blocks to timber doors with decorative hinges. Timber gabled porches on brick bases, wavy bargeboards. 2 light glazing bar casements with quoined jambs and cornices to lintels. Plinth. Simple rendered cornice to close eaves. Quoins at return ends. Large central stack and 2 smaller end stacks all with diagonally set bricks below cornices. Extended to rear. Interior not inspected. Forecourt wall about 1 m high with pyramidal heads to piers flanking entrances, semi-circular top course.

Listing NGR: TQ2487999617

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