62-72, CHURCH END

These are almshouses located at 62 to 72 Church End, built in 1839 and endowed by James Waterhouse Smith Esquire. The building features brown brick with ashlar dressings and a slate roof. It consists of six single-cell dwellings, all on one storey, with a total of six windows. The central bay has a pediment and contains a passage that leads to the rear, providing access to two dwellings from a projecting porch that also has a pediment. The other dwellings have direct access to the street. The doorways are Tudor-arched, and the windows are two-light mullions with diamond panes. All openings are topped with drip moulds. The porch and pediment have stone coping and a ball finial, with kneelers supporting the porch. There are ridge stacks present as well. The building has had 20th-century extensions added to the rear.