Description

LUDLOW

SO5174 COLLEGE STREET
825-1/1/228 Hosyers Almshouses
15/04/54

GV II*

Almshouses. Dated 1758. By TF Pritchard. Brick; slate roof;
brick ridge stacks. Central range with projecting wings.
3-storeys; 6-window range: wood mullion and transom casements,
under gauged brick flat arches with stucco keyblocks; 2-light
casements over; moulded stone eaves and pediment, over central
protruding bay, with armorial cartouche. Central 6
fielded-panel door, in moulded architrave under moulded flat
hood on consoles. Concave niche over, with shouldered
architrave and keyblock; tablet over, flanked by wood mullion
and transom windows.
Wings similar, with 6 fielded-panel doors and overlights,
under gauged brick flat arches with stucco keyblocks.
Rainwater heads dated 1851. Gables of wings similar, with
blocked 1st floor openings to left.
Church Street front: similar fenestration, under segmental
arches; 2 leaf 6-panel door in brick doorcase with gauged
brick flat arch and stone cornice over. Plank door to left,
with light, in moulded case, under brick segmental arch.
Rear, where visible, of rubble with fenestration under brick
segmental arches. First floor passage from Hosyers Almshouses
to Buttercross has C20 restored 10/6 sash under semi-circular
gauged brick arch with stucco keyblock; stone coped parapet
over; segmental arch with moulded stone springers over Church
Street.
Mural tablet records foundation 1486 by John Hosyer, Merchant,
and complete rebuilding 1758.

Listing NGR: SO5110874682

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17541885

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas