Hanmer Almshouses

Hanmer Almshouses is a terrace of four almshouses built in 1722, as indicated on a central plaque. They were commissioned by Sir Thomas Hanmer of Wamil Hall, who served as Speaker of The House of Commons. The building is single-storey with eight windows, constructed of pink and brown brick with orange brick dressings. It features a hipped roof covered in plain tiles and has axial chimneys made of red brick. The windows are 20th-century steel casements with leaded lights set in 18th-century openings, which have segmental arched heads made of finely gauged orange brick. The doorways also have similar arched heads, with 20th-century framed and boarded doors that include fanlights. A limestone plaque with a moulded border commemorates the founder and the construction date in an ornate Latin script.