The Lyte Almshouses

The Lyte Almshouses are a row of six almshouses built in 1675 for Isaac Lyte, an Alderman of London, located in Kington St Michael. The structure is made of rubble stone with ashlar dressings and features a stone slate roof with coped gables and a saddlestone. There are three large chimney gables at the rear. The front has a regular six-gabled design with 3-light ovolo-moulded stone mullion windows, hoodmoulds above the upper windows, and a dripcourse over the ground floor. Each of the six doors is set in flush moulded and stopped surrounds with steps leading up to them, with one door at each end and paired doors between the second and third windows and between the fourth and fifth windows. The third gable includes a first-floor plaque with a cornice that commemorates Lyte's benefaction, situated below a window, and features a boldly carved large coat of arms above.