Union Street Almshouses

The Union Street Almshouses, built in 1861, are designed in a Tudor vernacular style. This two-storey building features a rubble exterior, with brick used below the loggia. The layout is in an 'L' shape, connecting to Nos 18 and 19 Church Street. The main façade includes a covered porch loggia on the first floor, supported by five stone arches on the ground floor. Above, there are five gables beneath a partly catslide roof. The building has a tiled roof with two stone ridge stacks, each with eight paired chimneys. There are four ranges of two-light casement windows with block surrounds, along with four doors, which are paired in the centre on each level. The right-hand block facing Union Street has two gables and features one external stepped chimney stack. The Union Street Almshouses, along with the street wall, No 9 Union Street, St James' Hall, Nos 16 to 19 Church Street, and the National Schools, form a cohesive group.