The Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1955. Almshouse.

The Almshouses

WRENN ID
graven-belfry-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Country
England
Date first listed
9 December 1955
Type
Almshouse
Source
Historic England listing

Description

NEEDHAM MARKET HIGH STREET (WEST) TM 0854

3/80 No. 67, (The Almshouses)

9.12.55

  • II

Almshouses, C16 or C17 with major alterations of 1836 as described on tablet over entrance. Timber-framed, encased at the front and left-hand gable in gault brick; plastered at the rear. Slated roof; bargeboards with undulating soffits. An axial chimney of 1836, gault brick with 4 flues, of quatrefoil plan. 2 storeys, 5 windows. Sash windows with six panes, the upper three having arcaded heads; above each window is a prominent hood-mould of painted brick. A set-forward central bay has a 4-centred arched entrance doorway, the door recessed with sunk vertical panels. In the entrance hall are a pair of carved oak figures, one on either side of the doorway. They are in the C15 manner and of high quality. Said to have been part of the original front elevation, but perhaps more likely to be of ecclesiastical origin.

Listing NGR: TM0886554983

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