Strodes Almshouses And The Bread House

Strodes Almshouses and The Bread House are almshouses built in 1862 by Wainwright and Heard. They are constructed from limestone rubble with freestone dressings and feature a slate roof with coped verges. The building has four brick chimneys with diagonally set shafts and is designed in a Tudor style. It consists of a row of four almshouses and the Bread House, all single storey with an attic, and each has a single bay. The main facade faces the rear of Church Lane and includes 2-light mullion windows, each with a depressed arch head. The first-floor windows are set in gables with parapets on shaped kneelers. Each door opening has a 4-centred arch in a moulded stone surround. A freestone tablet in the center of the frontage bears the raised inscription: "Erected by the Trustees of Strodes Charity 1862." There is a moulded stringcourse below the first-floor windows. The Bread House, which is at a right angle to the left side of the almshouses, is also single storey and features a 4-light mullion and transom window. The rear elevation facing Church Lane has four gables with 2-light dormers that correspond to those on the facade, and a Tudor arch doorway with a label.