Description

SU 77SE ST NICHOLAS HURST CHURCH HILL
(south side)

5/15 Barker's Almshouses
(Formerly listed as
1.8.52 Hurst Almshouses)

GV II
Almshouses. Dated 1664, brick, narrow brick string over ground floor windows,
hipped old tile roof, 2 symmetrical chimneys on main block, cruciform on plan.
2 storeys. North front has 7 bays, 6 semi-dormer windows with 3-light lattice
leaded casements and hipped old tile roof with lead ridges.Below each semi-dormer
is a similar but larger 3-light casement in wooden frame.In centre bay a ledged
door with board hood and string broken up to form drip, and above a stone
inscription panel with stone cartouche over carried up into the roof.Inscription:-
"The hospital for the Maintenance of eight poor persons each at 6d.per diem
for ever was Erected and Founded in ye year 1664 at the sole charge of
WILLIAM BARKER of Hurst in the county of Wilts.Esq, who died on ye
25th March, 1685 and lyes buried in the South Chancel of this Parish
Henry Fairfax Esq. His Newphew and Heire M.P."
Interior is of no special interest.
VCH p.248 B.O.E.Berkshire p.210

Listing NGR: SU7949272929

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26410942

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)