Sir Robert Hitcham'S Almshouses is a Grade II* listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. Almshouse.
Sir Robert Hitcham'S Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- tenth-entrance-sparrow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- Almshouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sir Robert Hitcham's Almshouses is a row of 12 almshouses built in 1654 according to the will of Sir Robert Hitcham, using materials from the nearby demolished castle. The building is one storey with attics, constructed of red brick in English Bond and covered with plaintiles. A moulded brick cornice serves as a string course for the dormers. The central feature is a projecting gabled porch that rises to one and a half storeys. There are six internal chimney stacks with plain red brick shafts. The almshouses have 12 three-light casement windows with moulded jambs, mullions, and diamond leaded panes, as well as six two-light diamond leaded casement windows with flat hoodmoulds set into full dormers. Each almshouse has a two-panel door with a hoodmould. The building has been restored.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.