Nos. 4-7 and 10-12, Greenway's Almhouses

Three blocks of almshouses which form part of the Greenway's Almhouse Trust and built to the south of the earlier building; the EAST and WEST blocks were built in 1838. The SOUTH block, first built in 1889 and rebuilt in 2004 is not included in the listing, nor is the brick C20 almshouse range attached to the EAST block.

MATERIALS: the EAST and WEST block are constructed of local purple stone, with brick chimney stacks, natural slate roofs and some cast-iron rain water goods.

PLAN: the EAST and WEST blocks are parallel ranges facing each other on a north-to-south alignment.

EXTERIOR: the EAST and WEST blocks are two storeys. They each have seven bays with a ground-floor central door way and a symmetrical set of three bays on either side comprising a door and flanking windows. The first floor has six windows. The timber casements and half-glazed entrance doors are all C20 replacements. The original openings are topped by flat arches with keystones. The WEST block has a central stone panel that reads ‘THESE ALMSHOUSES WERE BUILT A.D.1838 W HOLE & R BAKER WARDENS, J PERKINS & R SEWARD BUILDERS’. Below is another panel that reads ‘GREENWAYS/ THESE ALMSHOUSES WITH/ WALDRONS AND SLEES/ WERE REMODELLED AND/ CONVERTED FROM ONE ROOM/ QUARTERS INTO FLATS/ 1952-1955’. The pitched slate roofs are topped by brick ridge stacks. A two-storey extension was added on the EAST block in 1997. A pair of two-storey extensions was added to the rear of the WEST block in 2000.

INTERIOR: all of the ranges have modernised interiors arranged as a mixture of flats and houses.