Description

SO 50 NE NEWLAND ALMSHOUSES ROAD
(south side)

William Jones' Almshouses
8/58 Nos 1 - 10 consecutive
12.12.53
II

Almshouses, founded 1615. Roughcast on stone plinth, stone
slate roof with 5 rendered ridge stacks, stone moulded eaves
cornice. Single long range, 2 storeys. 2 single end doors and 4
paired doors with flat stone hoods on brackets, some partially
blocked to form windows. 13 3-light leaded stone mullioned
windows on first floor. Replaced 3-light timber casements on
ground floor (during modernisation of 1954). Centre inscription
panel with gilt lettering: "These Almhouses for eight men and
eight women Parishioners of Newland and the habitation adjoining
for a lecturer, were founded A.D.1615 by Mr. William Jones, Citizen
and Haberdasher of London; and he appointed the Worshipful Company
of Haberdashers Governors".

Listing NGR: SO5530809483

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26507379

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)