Bedford And Essex Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Watford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1952. Almshouse.

Bedford And Essex Almshouses

WRENN ID: calm-brick-wren
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Watford
Country: England
Date first listed: 26 August 1952
Type: Almshouse
Source: Historic England listing

Description

TQ 1196 SW 10/49

CHURCH STREET Bedford and Essex Almshouses (No 1 to 8 consec)

Formerly listed as The Lord Essex Almshouses

26.8.52

GV II 1580 row of 8 almshouse cottages. Rendered, one storey and attic. Plain tile roofs with 4 massive paired brick chimney stacks. Regular front of 3 big gables and 2 smaller end gables. Overhanging eaves. Wood mullioned windows, 4-light in large gables, 2-light in end gables and ground floor. Simply moulded door openings, paired in central 3 sections. Queen strut roof trusses with straight bracing. Built by Francis, 2nd Earl of Bedford to house 8 poor women from Watford, Chenies and Langley. RCHM 139.13

Listing NGR: TQ1101796240

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