Brenchley Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1971. A 1789 Almshouses. 1 related planning application.

Brenchley Almshouses

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Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Maidstone
Country: England
Date first listed: 21 June 1971
Type: Almshouses
Source: Historic England listing

Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 13 April 2021 to reformat the text to current standards

TQ 7655 NW 2/83

KING STREET (south side) Nos 76 to 82 (even) (Brenchley Almshouses)

21.6.71

GV II Dated 1789. Two storeys, red brick. Hipped tiled roof with leaded ridges. Modillion eaves cornice and stringoourse. Four casement windows. Doorcases with flat hoods over, Nos 78 and 80 having a joint one. Inscription on a tablet records that 'These almshouses were built A.D. 1789 by John Brenchley Esq in his life time for the reception and support of decay'd housekeepers of this town and endowed with a donation of £12 per annum to each for ever'.

Nos 70 to 86 (even) form a group.

Listing NGR: TQ7641755728

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