William Jones' Almshouses

The almshouses, founded in 1615, form a long single range. They are built with roughcast rendering on a stone plinth, with a stone slate roof, five rendered ridge stacks, and a stone moulded eaves cornice. The building is two storeys high. There are two single entrance doors at each end, and four paired doors, each with a flat stone hood supported on brackets; some of these paired doors have been partially blocked to create windows. Thirteen three-light stone mullioned windows are present on the first floor. The ground floor windows are replaced three-light timber casements, a result of modernization work in 1954. A central inscription panel, with gilt lettering, details the foundation of the almshouses by William Jones, a citizen and Haberdasher of London, and notes the appointment of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers as governors. The inscription specifies that the almshouses provided accommodation for eight men and eight women who were parishioners of Newland, and a separate dwelling for a lecturer.