Taylor'S Almshouses

BEDWIN STREET 1. 1594 (South Side) Taylor' s Almshouses [Nos 1 to 7 (consec)] SU 1450 SE 2/232 28.2.52 II GV 2. 1698 rebuilt 1886 presumably to old design. 2 storeys, red brick, raised stone cupped plinth, bold chamfered stone quoins, moulded stone string at 1st floor cill and window head level moulded and bracketed wood cornice, tile roof. Central Dutch gable with moulded coping, stone side scrolls on moulded band supporting small pediment and finial. Stone cornice across base at level above main cornice. 6 narrow windows at lst floor level with stone bolection frames and moulded cills. 2 similar double windows on ground floor and wide centre door with stone eared bolection architrave, bolection frieze, moulded cornice, broken pediment with central carved cartouche, date and inscription. Gable end facing St Edmund's Church Street similar design, with 2 narrow windows and central chimney, 1-storey wing at back. An L-shaped group built round a garden court. In entrance hall original cartouche with date.

Frowd's Almshouses, Nos 26 to 34 (even) & Taylor's Almshouses form a group.

Listing NGR: SU1463230272