The Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1984. Almshouse.

The Almshouses

WRENN ID
dark-ashlar-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Country
England
Date first listed
21 December 1984
Type
Almshouse
Source
Historic England listing

Description

TM 36 NE PEASENHALL THE STREET

9/91 Nos. 1 & 2 The Almshouses

GV II

Originally one house, now 2 almshouses. C16; converted into almshouses 1891. Attached to the rear is a small probably C17 outbuilding, now disused. Timber framed core, now almost entirely cased in red brick, with panels of herringbone brickwork to the upper part of the facade; pantiled roof. Single storey and attic. 3 windows, 2-light casements; No.1 has a partly glazed boarded and battened door, No.2 a 2-panel door; 2 gabled dormers; internal stack. No.1 has some exposed C16 joists. A stone shield on the facade is inscribed "Home for the Aged. In memory of Dorothea Pike Scrivener and Mabel Levett Scrivener E.M.L 1891 E.L.S'

Listing NGR: TM3580069513

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