Almhouses (Nos 1 To 30 And The Chapel)

The almshouses, numbered 1 to 30, along with the chapel, are a Gothic-style building constructed between 1863 and 1864. Designed by Messrs Hooker and Wheeler from Brenchley, Kent, and built by the Chinnock brothers of Southampton, the structure features a symmetrical range that is 470 feet long, with return wings extending 120 feet towards Tanners Street and Napleton Street. The building is made of red brick, accented with white bulk bands and stone dressings, and has tiled roofs. It includes casement windows and has two low towers at each end of the main front, which contain water tanks. There are two gabled projections between these towers and the center. The ground floor is arcaded, with gabled porches situated between the main gabled projections. At the center of the main front is the chapel, a stone building in the Decorated style that projects outward. It features two-light windows with quatrefoils in the spandrels and previously had pointed bell turrets on either side of the roof.