Whetstone'S Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1987. Almshouses. 1 related planning application.
Whetstone'S Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- sunken-wicket-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1987
- Type
- Almshouses
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ILTON CP CAD ROAD (North side) ST31NE CAD GREEN
3/87 Whetstone's Almshouses 4.2.58
GV II
Group of 6 almshouses, formerly with chapel. 1635, modified early C20. Ham stone ashlar Welsh slate roof with coped gables; brick chimney stacks. 'U'-plan; 2 storeys, 8-bay south elevation, of which the outer bays project for one wide bay. Hollow-chamfered mullioned windows in chamfered recesses, all 3-light with horizontal-bar inserts with each centre light having an iron-framed opening casement; bay-1 is a plain end gable, bay 6 has a blocked 3-light window in pointed-arched recess, formerly lighting the chapel; similar windows in returns, with cambered-arched doorways near internal corners, and pairs matching doors in the wide spaces between bays 3/4, and 5/6: continuous label over all ground floor openings, continued around returns but not on gables. East and west elevations of 3 bays, with one doorway each - these elevations apparently less restored than that to south. Interiors not seen. Almshouses founded by John Whetsone, Gent, in 1635 (inscription over gateway q.v.).
Listing NGR: ST3503617014
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