Holloways Almshouses

Holloways Almshouses are a group of almshouses founded in 1724, with a plaque set in the gable end, and rebuilt in 1868 by William Wilkinson. The building is constructed of coursed limestone rubble and features a stone-coped gabled stone slate roof, along with large stone ridge and end stacks. It has a six-unit plan, is one storey high with an attic, and has a six-window range. The 20th-century doors are set in three Gothic-style pointed doorways, each with bracketed hoods above. The windows are two-light stone-mullioned, and those on the first floor are set in stone-coped gables with finials and pointed-arched hood moulds. There are hipped one-storey service ranges at the rear. The interior has not been inspected. The almshouses were founded by John Holloway, a clothier who died in 1724, to provide housing for "aged unmarried women."