North Lodge

NY 04 SE ALLONBY ALLONBY

6/1 North Lodge and Nos. 1-6 North Lodge (consecutive) 11.4.67 II

Almshouses owned by a Quaker Trust. Early C19 for Thomas Richardson. Cement rendered walls with angle pilasters and eaves modillions. Graduated greenslate roof, hipped over central house, with cement rendered chimney stacks. Central 2-storey, 3-bay house (North Lodge) with flanking single-storey, 2-bay cottages (Nos. 2 & 3 and 4 & 5), ending in 2-storey, single-bay gabled houses (Nos. 1 & 6). North Lodge has C20 door with patterned overlight within Tuscan porch. Casement windows with glazing bars in painted architraves. Cottages have C20 doors and casement windows in painted architraves. Nos. 1 & 6 have C20 side doors with overlight and triple sash windows with glazing bars in painted architraves. Parson & White's, History & Directory, 1829 p.309 states "Thomas Richardson, Esq., of Stamford Hill, near London, is a native of this town, where he has lately built a handsome mansion for his occasional residence. The two wings of the building are formed into six cottages, in which Mr Richardson generously allows as many poor families to live rent free."

Listing NGR: NY0813843599