Cutbush Almshouses

The Cutbush Almshouses are a late 19th-century charitable development arranged as three separate buildings, forming three sides of a courtyard. Numbers 2 to 12 are constructed from Kentish ragstone, with a tiled roof punctuated by five clustered chimney stacks. Six gables feature fretted bargeboards, pseudo timber-framing, and brick finials. A central stone gable is decorated with a stone finial, initials, and kneelers. The windows are four-light mullioned and transomed, each with a hood moulding. A central stone archway is also topped with a hood moulding, and six doorcases are set into the arches. Numbers 14 to 24 and 26 to 36 are of a similar design but lack the central stone archway.

The almshouses are part of a wider group of historic structures, including walls associated with Palace Gardens and the Archbishop’s Palace, the Parish Church of All Saints, The College Gateway, and other related buildings.