12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, ST MARYS ROAD

TQ 07 NW SLOUGH St. MARY'S ROAD (east side)

5/1 Nos. 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 And 22 (formerly listed as New 29.9.50 Alms Houses G.V. II* 6 almshouses. 1679 and 1687. Red brick with cement rendered window dressings, porch, and ground floor to left. Old tile roof. 1 1/2 storeys. South front: plinth, plat band, parapeted gable ends crowned with triangular pediments 8 gabled eaves dormers with 2-light diamond leaded casements and 3 ridge stacks each with 4 diamond shafts. Central projecting 2 storey porch with moulded string course and shaped gable end crowned by a traingular pediment; first floor 2-light diamond leaded casement with circular stone panel beneath, rusticated round entrance arch with impost bands, and small round arched windows in sides. 6 ground floor 2-light diamond leaded casements and boarded doors between first second and third and fourth, fifth and sixth with four- centred arched heads, cement rendered architraves and triangular pediments with circular motifs in tympana. Stone plaque on left-hand return wall of porch inscribed: Seymour Almshouses Founded 1679 Restored 1960: These almshouses were founded by Sir Henry Seymour. V.C.H. (Bucks), Vol.3, p.295; B.O.E. (Bucks), p.183.

Listing NGR: TQ0046979596