Thomas Mills Almshouses is a Grade II* listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. Almshouses. 2 related planning applications.
Thomas Mills Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- swift-obsidian-hazel
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- Almshouses
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TM 26 SE FRAMLINGHAM STATION ROAD
4/122 Thomas Mills Almshouses 25.10.51
GV II*
A row of 8 almshouses, built under the will of Thomas Mills of Framlingham (d.1703), and completed by 1705. 2 storeys. Red brick with band; dark headers; plaintiles, and a heavy modillion cornice. 4 internal chimney-stacks with large plain red brick shafts. 20 windows, arranged in groups of 5, each group having a single-light window with transom flanked by 2 cross windows on each side. All the lights have square leaded panes. 8 recessed doors, with applied bolection mouldings forming 2 panels, and simple moulded architraves: a door set below the 2nd and 4th windows in each group of 5. Flat gauged arches above the ground-storey windows and the doors. Thomas Mills, a wheelwright and timber-merchant of Framlingham, and the leader of the Baptist congregation there, bequeathed money for 6 almshouses; the money for the remaining 2 was given by his lifelong friend, William Mayhew (a,1713).
Listing NGR: TM2833763312
Detailed Attributes
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.