Description

SP 84 SW GREAT LINFORD HIGH STREET
north end

2/32 Former School House and
Almshouses

3.3.52

GV II*

Former School and Almshouses now houses and craft workshops. 1696,
restored 1975; coursed rubble stone. Old tiled roofs. Central house
2-storeys and attic with shaped gables, flanking stacks and 2 hipped
leaded dormer windows, flanking wings 1 storey with shaped end gables,
2 brick chimneys on ridge each side, Central house (originally the
school) has 2 bays of leaded cross casements, central 4 panelled door in
architrave surround with deep segmental hood on carved brackets and semi-
dome soffit. Flanking wings each have 3 ledged doors and 3 leaded cross
casements. Interior has original features including splat balustraded
panels over cupboard doors.

Listing NGR: SP8513342309

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17551927

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (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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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas