St Michaels Cottages And Chapel

St Michaels Cottages and Chapel is a group of four almshouses and a chapel built in 1758. The structure is made of coursed squared stone with ashlar dressings and has a Welsh slate roof. It is two storeys high and consists of 12 bays, with a two-bay chapel on the left. Each almshouse features a symmetrical facade with three bays, a central board door surrounded by chamfered jambs, and all windows are two-light with ovolo moulded mullions and plain stone surrounds. Above the central two bays on the first floor are coat of arms representing the Nevill and Cecill families of Burghley. A water pump is attached to the center, with a datestone above it. The chapel has a central moulded pointed-arched doorway with moulded imposts and a board door, flanked by two-light mullion windows with round heads for each light. The ends of the chapel have stone coping. There are four ridge stacks and an end stack on the right. Notably, the mullions, chapel doorway, and chapel windows are made from reused medieval and 16th-century stone. The Hospital Almshouses were originally founded in 1342 and were located in Well Hall before being moved to this site in 1758.