Stones Almshouses (8 Tenements)

Stone's Almshouses, built in 1485, consist of eight tenements arranged in a rectangular layout with the long side facing east and west, located on St Clement's Street. The building is positioned behind a stone wall featuring moulded stone gate-piers topped with ball finials. The north elevation is two stories high, constructed of ashlar stone, with a stone band at the first floor and a hipped roof covered in stone slates, which includes eight gabled attic dormers. There are two moulded stone-faced stacks, one at each end of the building.

The central section of the north elevation features a stone-framed front doorway and a central passageway, flanked by a two-light stone mullioned and transomed window. This area is topped with a pediment that includes an oval inscription panel and a cartouche displaying three roses and a chief. The ground and first floors contain ten single-light transomed casement windows set in stone frames. The south elevation has three small and two larger dormers at each end. Inside the central passageway, there is a stop-chamfered beam.

The almshouses were founded by the Reverend Mr. William Stone, Principal of New Inne Hall, in 1700, with financial assistance from Dr. Fry of Trinity College, who contributed £1,000 and oversaw the construction as executor. The building was constructed by Bartholomew Peisley for £250, with George Smith, a carpenter, receiving £180 for the woodwork. Major restoration took place in 1958. For further details, see the referenced plates and drawings in various historical publications.