Burton Homes

Nos 1-12 (consec), Burton Homes Single storey almshouses built on a half-H plan with the courtyard open to the road. They are built of coursed squared rock-faced red sandstone rubbble with Bath stone dressings and a red tile roof. The chimneys have been rebuilt in blue engineering brick and the rear elevation is all brick. They are built in a style reminiscent of almshouses built in the C17 in East Anglia. There is a central hall with double plank doors under a 3-centred arch with roses and foliage carved in the spandrels. This is flanked by stone framed rectangular windows with oval frames within, and above is a plaque 'BURTON HOMES FOUNDED BY COLONEL HENRY BURTON M.D. AND MISS S.E.BURTON. ERECTED 1913'. Above this is a stone framed triple window with 4 : 6 + 6 : 4 panes, the central part with an arched head. Gabled roof with Jacobean finials to the kneelers and a small Bath stone apex decoration. On either side of the centrepiece there are six houses, each with a 3-light mullioned window in a large gable and beside it a doorway with a timber porch. Each window light has 4 over 6 panes. Tall brick stack to each house. The two end houses on either side are in a wing brought forward to the road and these have a small window in the gable end. Each house has two further windows on the rear wall.

Interior not available at time of resurvey.