The Almshouses Including Garden Wall And Gate Piers In Front

KENT0N CHURCH STREET (north side), Kenton SX 98 SE

6/218 The Almshouses including garden - wall and gate piers in front

GV II

Almshouses. 1888, built by the Courtenays of Powderham Castle. Red brick with yellow brick and stone dressings ; slate roof with crested ridge tiles with 2 gables to the front with bands of purple and grey slate. Central axial stack and end stacks with brick shafts. Gothic. Plan: U plan, a small single depth central block with short front wings to the left and right with a verandah on the front between the wings. 2 front doors into the main block to left and right, below the verandah. Exterior: Single storey. Symmetrical 1:2:1 window front with curly bargeboards to the gable ends of the wings and a 5-bay verandah on timber posts with curly struts, the verandah with 2 gables to the front with Gothic timber tracery. Plank front doors ; each wing has a 2-light transomed timber window with a depressed 2-centred arch with glazing bars and a small 1-light window to the attic. Interior: Not inspected. A low brick wall to the garden in front of the almshouses has brick gate piers with Gothic stone finials and is included in the listing. An attractive well-preserved and nicely detailed almshouse block immediately south east of the parish church. Group value with Nos. 1-9 Church Street, south of the church.

Listing NGR: SX9584183322