The Capel Almshouses

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TQ 14SE 8/101

CAPEL C.P. THE STREET (East Side) Nos 133 - 143 The Capel Almshouses

(Formerly listed as Nos 1 - 6 Webb Almshouses)

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Almhouses. Erected in 1871 in memory of Charles Webb of Clapham Common by his children. Coursed sandstone block, now partly renewed, with plain tiled roofs. Yellow brick stacks with red brick patterning. Symmetrical plan. Two storey end blocks flanking lower, single storey central range. Square corbelled stacks in angle re-entrants with wings, ridge stacks to left and right of centre. Moulded eaves cornice to centre. One two-light, glazing-bar sash window with 18 panes to each light in stone mullioned surround on the first floor of each wing, with relieving arches over. One three-light window on ground floor below. Two two-light sashes with mullions either side of centre on central range. Doors, all with strapwork hinges and arched, chamfered heads, to ends in set back bays; two further doors either side of centre. Left hand return front- corbelled eaves and corbelled band across first floor. Three-light casement window below.

PEVSNER: BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND, SURREY (1971) p.131.

Listing NGR: TQ1754840482