The Great Almshouses is a Grade II* listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. Almshouses. 5 related planning applications.
The Great Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- rusted-quartz-equinox
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Type
- Almshouses
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Great Almshouses, also known as Warwick Almshouses, are a mid-15th century building that was restored and altered in 1828. They are constructed from coursed rubble with a Cotswold stone roof and stand two storeys high. The building features a coped verge string over the first floor and a coped verge to the right, along with two rubble chimneys.
There are four windows of the two-light lancet type with foiled heads, and ground floor windows have labels and ferramenta. The structure includes two low Tudor arch doors with labels, and a central door that has traceried spandrels and a label. There are also outer slightly raised Tudor arch doorways that are blocked, each with labels. Above the central doorway is a tablet inscribed with "These almshouses were founded by Richard Earl of Warwick in the year 1457 and were rebuilt in the year 1828." A blocked doorway is located to the right of this. The building has L-plan wings at the rear.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Nearby listed buildings
- Fysshers Croft
- Church Schools
- Burford Grammar School (Main Part Including Lenthall House)
- Dove Cottage
- Chest Tomb Immediately South of Minchin Memorial
- South West Boundary Wall to St Johns Churchyard and 2 Sets of Gates,Gate Piers and Kissing Gates
- Thomas Buckland Memorial Near South West Corner of St Johns Churchyard
- Rose Cottage
- Church of St John the Baptist
- School House (Burford Grammar School)