14-17, CHURCH ROW

SO 8532 FORTHAMPTON FORTHAMPTON VILLAGE

7/58 Nos 14-17 (consecutive) Church Row

GV II

Row of four former almshouses, built for Joseph Yorke by William Burges c1865. Coursed squared and dressed limestone, fishscale purple tile roof, brick stacks. Rectangular plan. 1½ storeys. Symmetrical, 4-windowed facade with two principal gables projecting forward slightly far right and far left flanking 2 gabled dormers. All windows 2 and 3-light stone-mullioned casements with glazing bars and blind trefoil heads with ogee cusping. Relieving arches over ground floor windows. C19 plank doors with strap hinges far right and far left. Pair of matching plank doors at centre. All doors within pointed surrounds. Single quatrefoil towards apex of each principal gable with heraldic shield at the centre of each. Flat gable-end coping and finials in the form of the Yorke family crest, moulded kneelers. Scalloped ridge tiles, two axial stacks. Catslide roof at rear. Interior not inspected. (Forthampton Estate).

Listing NGR: SO8591432568