Description

BRANDRAM ROAD SE13
1.
4424 (East Side )
Merchant Taylor's Almshouses

TQ 3975 15/L14
II GV
2.
1826 with additions. Symmetrical south-facing group of shallow U-shape.
2 storeys. Main block of 7 3-bay double houses and side blocks of 4.
Pedimented 3-bay centre and ends. Cresting with arms of Guild over
pediment; and clock face in tympanum. Wood cupola on ridge above.
Moderately low pitched slated roof. Greyish yellow brick. Parapet
front with stone cornice. Pilasters support entablature at centre and
ends. Stone first floor band. Moulded architraves to casement windows
with glazing bars and to 6-panel double doors. Blank windows over doors.
Inscription over main door. "The Merchant Taylor's Almshouses, built
AD 1826. Master, Tho. Bulcock Burbidge Esq," with names of 4 wardens.
Round arched link between North and West blocks has stone impost blocks,
keystone and coping with central ball finial.
Another block of 2 similar double houses to south-east.

Merchant Taylor's Almshouses and Gate and Walls form a group.

Listing NGR: TQ3918775310

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26354256

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Recommended Books

• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990