Palmers Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1999. Almshouses.

Palmers Hill

WRENN ID
sharp-chimney-ochre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1999
Type
Almshouses
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SEDBERGH

SD6592SE MAIN STREET, Sedbergh Town 162-1/26/430 (North side) Widows Hill, Nos.1, 3 and 5

GV II

Row of 6 almshouses, now remodelled as 3. Dated 1848 on plaque in centre; altered. Pale sandstone and blue ragstone in alternating courses of rock-faced masonry, with punch-dressed sandstone quoins; graduated blue slate roof. Long rectangular double-depth plan, formerly one unit each but adjoining pairs now integrated. Simplified Jacobean style. Single storey, 9 windows; windows and doorways formerly alternated, with the window to the left of the doorway in each case, but the 2nd, 4th and 6th doorways have been altered as matching windows. All the openings have dressed lintels with cavetto hoodmoulds; the 3 remaining doorways are square-headed and have studded doors with strap-hinges and plain overlights; all the windows are cross-window casements. To the left of the window of No.3 is a rectangular plaque inscribed "WIDOWS HOSPITAL / BUILT BY / T.PALMER / AD 1848". Roof with oversailing eaves and verges, gable chimneys and 2 ridge chimneys. INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SD6561092143

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