Metcalfe Almshouses

The Metcalfe Almshouses, built in 1811 for P. Metcalfe, are a group of four almshouses arranged in an A-B-A layout, with the central bay set slightly back. Designed in the Gothic style, the structure is two storeys high and features two windows for each cottage. The building is constructed of gault brick, with brick parapets, a moulded cornice, and limestone crenellations that have merlons arched at the central bay. The hipped roof is slated, and there are rendered brick axial chimneys.

The windows have two-centred arched heads made of gauged brick and are fitted with sliding small-pane sashes, where the upper glazing bars follow the arch shape of the window heads. A dummy window is located in the central bay on the first floor. The entrance doors are battened and boarded, also with arched heads. The two central doorways are connected under an ogee arch made of gauged brick, with a square limestone hoodmould above. Beneath the cornice in the central bay, a frieze bears the inscription: "These Alms Houses were erected and endowed, for the benefit of the Aged, and Deserving, Poor, Anno 1811, by PHILIP METCALFE, Esqr."