Forge Bungalows

TL 86 NE GREAT BARTON THE STREET

1/17 Nos. 1,2,3 & 4 Forge - Bungalows - II

A row of 4 almshouses, built by Lady Louisa Bunbury in 1830 for poor widows. Single-storey, with a 2-storey central porch. In a random mixture of flint and small freestone blocks with white brick quoins and dressings; slate roofs. 2 internal chimney-stacks with plain white brick shafts. 4 canted bays, with casement windows having transome and cross-bars to lights. The central porch has a hipped roof with overhanging eaves; a casement window to the upper storey with rounded heads in Gothick style to the 2 lights, and a rounded archway to the ground storey with 2 recessed entrance doors. At each gable end of the range is a small enclosed gabled porch with a plank door set in a rounded arched doorway. A plaque over the porch entry reads: 'The Widows' Home. Sacred to the memory of Louisa Emilia Bunbury MDCCCXXX'

Listing NGR: TL8916367022