Angier'S Almshouses

Angier’s Almshouses are a group of almshouses built in 1681. They were founded by William Angier and his sister Mary, who endowed them to provide for six poor people. A datestone inscribed "This hospital was built and endowed for ye reliefe of six poore people by Mr. William Angier and Mary his sister, Anno Domini 1681" confirms this, and a later inscription from 1886 records a gift of one thousand pounds from Mr. Francis Bunting. The almshouses were altered in the early 19th century and have late 20th-century additions to the rear.

The main structure is built with a plinth of squared limestone, and the walls are typically roughcast on limestone rubble. The roof is covered in old plain tiles, with brick ridge stacks located to the left and right of the centre, and also to the rear left and right. They are arranged in a U-shape with cross-wings at the rear. The front elevation has two storeys and a four-window range. A ribbed and studded plank door is set within a stuccoed gabled porch, featuring a round archway with a keystone, impost blocks, and a plain surround. The windows are 3-light cast-iron casements with Gothic glazing bars and hood moulds. Paired plank hatches are situated on the ground floor to the left and right of centre. Cross-gables are present to the left, right, and centre of the building. An ogee-topped datestone is positioned on the central cross-gable. Carved Tudor roses are visible on the left and right cross-gables, and on the gable of the porch. The interior remains uninspected.