The Almshouses

A row of three almshouses dating from the 17th century. The building is constructed of Flemish bond brick, with black headers, and has a plain tile roof, partially replaced in the 20th century. The front elevation has five bays arranged symmetrically. The central doorway has a cambered head and a 19th-century plank door. To either side are three-light casement windows with cambered heads, also from the 19th century. Originally, there were similar doors set to the left and right of these windows, but they have now been bricked up. Five two-light casements are positioned on the first floor. A square stack with four flues sits centrally on the roof ridge, with two-flue stacks at each gable end. The right-hand gable end features a central stack with offsets. There are two bands of brick – one three bricks deep at the level of the gable kneelers, and another two bricks deep between the lower, concave body and the arched upper part of the gable. S-shaped tie bar plates are located on either side of the chimney. The left-hand gable end is similarly detailed, but without a projecting stack. A clapboard outshut is present at ground floor level, and the gable has similar bands of brick. The interior of the almshouses was not inspected.