1-3, Church Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1984. Almshouse. 1 related planning application.

1-3, Church Street

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Country
England
Date first listed
19 November 1984
Type
Almshouse
Source
Historic England listing

Description

Ny 2548 WIGTON CHURCH STREET (North side) Wigton

Nos 1-3 (consecutive)

G.V. II

Almshouses, now 3 private houses. Dated and inscribed in Latin (now very weathered) which translates JOHN THOMLINSON ASSISTED BY HIS BROTHER ROBERT PROVIDED PENSIONS AND ERECTED THIS MATRONS' COLLEGE AD 1723. Early C19 alterations. Painted render over red sandstone rubble, with painted quoins, on chamfered plinth. Welsh slate roof; C20 brick chimney stacks. 2 storeys, with a total of 8 bays. Three C20 doors in painted chamfered C19 surrounds with shaped lintels, one with square head, all under hood moulds. Single-pane sash windows in C19 painted chamfered surrounds under hood moulds. Built to house 6 widows of clergy; each had 3 rooms and an annual pension of £9. Sold by the Charity Commissioners in 1884. See, T.W. Carrick, History of Wigton, 1949, pp22-3. Has G.V. with Church of St Mary.

Listing NGR: NY2558848299

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