Wilson's Mariners Homes

Wilson's Mariners Homes was built in 1836 as the Mariners Asylum. It is a one-storey building positioned at an angle to the road, elevated with a terrace and a stone retaining wall. The structure is made of brick, now rendered, sitting on a stone base, featuring a small stone cornice, parapet, and coping, with a steeply pitched slate roof at the gable end. The front has 12 bays, with the end bays and the three central bays projecting, each topped with stone-coped gables and Tudor chimney finials. All windows are square-headed, consisting of three lattice casement lights, each with ogee cusped heads, splayed stone surrounds, and drip moulds. The door surrounds are similar, also featuring three-light fanlights and elaborate ledged and moulded doors. There is a central door, two doors on each side of the central projection, and one door in the returns of the end projections. At the west return angle, there is a two-storey red brick extension with stone dressings, a stone cornice that carves up over the gable to the left, with two-light windows in the gabled section, and otherwise three-light windows similar to those on the main block. The building has a picturesque appearance. Wilson's Mariners Homes form a group.