Paiges Almshouses is a Grade II* listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1951. Almshouses.
Paiges Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- heavy-flint-sepia
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 January 1951
- Type
- Almshouses
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BARNSTAPLE
SS558331SE CHURCH LANE 684-1/9/96 (East side) 19/01/51 Paige's Almshouses (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH LANE (East side) Nos.1 & 2)
GV II*
Range of 4 almshouses. 1656, C20 additions to left and rear. Founded by Elizabeth Paige. Painted brick front roughly in English bond; small painted stone rubble section at left-hand end. Slated roof. Originally 4 dwellings for 8 inmates. 2 storeys. Main building has 4 windows per storey plus 4 doorways. Section to left has one upper-storey window. Doorways have double ovolo-moulded, square-headed wood frames with elaborately carved stops; ribbed and studded plank doors, The second from left a near-replica of the original. Slated wood canopy above each door. Windows (restored) are of 4 lights in ground storey, 3 above; ovolo-moulded wood mullions with diamond-shaped leaded panes, each window having a casement with ornate iron hinges. Window in section to left has a 2-light wood casement with pegged joists; probably late C17 or later. Left gable wall has 2 mullioned windows in the style of those in the main range. These almshouses make an important contribution to the C17 character of Church Lane, being adjacent to Horwood's Almshouses (qv).
Listing NGR: SS5586133181
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