Description

In the entry for:

ST JOHN'S ROAD
TQ 1576 SE
48/379 nos 1-6 (consecutive)
Farnell's Almshouses
II GV

the address shall be amended to read "St John's Road, Farnell's
Almshouses (nos 1-6, 6A and 7-12)".

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ST John's Road
TQ 1576 SE
48/379 Nos 1-6(consecutive)
Farnell's Almshouses
II GV

Almshouses. 1857, probably by John Deason for John Farnell.
Squared and coursed limestone with ashlar dressings; gabled slate
roof; ashlar ridge stacks with moulded cornicing. Almshouses from
3 sides of quadrangle with wall and gateway to east and enclosing
north-east corner. One storey. Stop chamfered architraves to
square-headed and segmental-arched doorways, and chamfered stone
mullioned and square-headed 3-light window to each cottage.
Subsidiary features: low wall surmounted by iron railings and
stone-coped gabled gateway with hoodmould over chamfered pointed-
arched entrance. Memorial to John Farnell. c1857. Bust of Farnell
set on stone plinth within timber-framed canopy, arch-braced to
wallplate with pyramidal slate roof. The Farnell Almshouses and
school were built under the patronage of John Farnell. -

Listing NGR: TQ1561576073

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26551683

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Recommended Books

• 
  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)