Percy And Wagner Almshouses

BRIGHTON

TQ3105SE LEWES ROAD 577-1/28/385 (East side) 05/03/71 Nos.1-12 (consecutive) Percy and Wagner Almshouses

GV II

12 almshouses. 1795 and 1859, restored c1975. Nos 4-9 were built in 1795 by Dorothy and Philadelphia Percy, daughters of the Duke of Northumberland, to provide for 6 poor widows of the Church of England; Nos 1-3 at the north end, and probably also Nos 10-12 at the south, were added in 1859 by the Reverend Henry Wagner and his sister Mary in memory of the Marquis of Bristol; restored 1975-6 when, presumably, the considerable additions at the rear were made. Yellow brick set in Flemish bond, roof of slate. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 2 windows each, except for the central house which share a central window. The front advances and recedes in a rhythm of 4-2-3-5-3-2-4. Pointed-arched entrances, now no longer used as such, those to the centre paired under an ogee arch and brick hoodmould; pointed-arched windows with sashes of original design in which the upper sash has pointed-arched glazing bars. Inscription over central bay: 'THESE ALMSHOUSES were erected and endowed at the request of the late PHILADELPHIA and DOROTHY PERCY AD 1795'; plaque between ground and first floor on No.3 '1859/In pious remembrance of/The Marquis of Bristol/ M.A.W. and H.M.W.'; cornice and simple cemented embattled parapet; stacks to party walls. INTERIOR: not inspected. (Carder T: The Encyclopaedia of Brighton: Lewes: 1990-).

Listing NGR: TQ3180905243