Description

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ST 2324 NE
13/12

HAMILTON ROAD (north side)
St Margaret's Hospital

(formerly listed as St Margaret's Leper Hospital, previously listed as St Margaret's)

4.6.52.

II*
Early leprosy hospital rebuilt in early C16.. Converted and occupied as almshouses 1612-1938. Restored by Rural Community Council and occupied by them since 1959. Long freestanding single storey building. Mostly of local shillet stone, now whitewashed. Thatched roof with attic rising to right. Thatch eaves on scrolled wrought-iron brackets to rear. Brick stack to right gable, stone parapet to left gable end. New oak supports to front verandah. Single and double leaded lights under wooden lintels. Original oak door frames with Tudor arched lintels. On front is a stone tablet with the arms of Abbot Bere of Glastonbury, the original restorer of the building.

Listing NGR: ST2384624810

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Margaret's Almshouses at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7594094

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)