The Almshouses

The Almshouses are a group of single-storey buildings constructed in the 19th century, featuring squared coursed purple rubble stone and slate roofs, along with six yellow brick chimneys. The layout is L-shaped and exhibits minimal Tudor Gothic style, with verandas on both the north and west sides. The south end has a coped gable, and both ends slightly project to enclose the verandas, which cover a stone flagged walkway supported by 14 thin iron columns with timber brackets.

The buildings have dressed stone quoins and single stone lintels above Tudor-arched doorways, which are lined to resemble cut-stone voussoirs. The doorways feature chamfered surrounds and framed board doors. The windows are small-paned casement pairs with stone sills and chamfered surrounds, also lined as if they have voussoirs. The west range has a door at the projecting end, followed by a sequence of windows and doors arranged as WDWWDWWD. The angle of the building is canted with a similar door. The north range has a sequence of windows and doors arranged as WWDWWDW, with a door at the projecting end. Almshouses 1 and 2 are located in the right range, while Almshouse 3 is accessed from the canted angle, and Almshouses 4 and 5 are in the left range.

The south end gable is rendered. The outer faces of the two ranges feature a stone plinth and small pointed and square windows. The west range includes six pointed windows and three square windows, with two larger pointed windows at the left end that were part of a former chapel, featuring timber Y-tracery and leaded lights with heads made of three stones. The north range mirrors this, with a large pointed chapel window and a similar pointed door that has an inscribed stone above it, dated 1825. It also contains five pointed tiny lights, three square lights, and one inserted door. A short outbuilding at the right angles to the left end has a door situated between two windows and a crosswing with a casement pair in the gable end. The property is not available for inspection.