Description

SE 42 NE
8/20
3rd February 1967

LEDSHAM LS25
CLAYPIT LANE
(north side, off)
Sir John Lewis's Cottages Nos 1-11
(formerly listed as "St. John's Hospital")

GV
II

Row of eleven almshouses. Founded mid C17 by Sir John Lewis; altered and
restored, with C20 addition. Magnesian limestone blocks, stone slate roof.
Linear single-depth plan, with modern rear outshut. Two storeys, 1 bay each;
plinth, string course; doorways coupled except the first at the left end, all
with chamfered surrounds and panelled doors; each cottage has one 2-light
chamfered mullion window on each floor, all at ground floor slightly recessed
and all above flush (and all restored). Rebuilt stone chimneys: one at each
gable and 5 on the ridge. Gables have stone coping with kneelers, but the
masonry below shows the line of a formerly more steeply-pitched roof. Rear
now of less interest. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SE4565729819

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26554806

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Recommended Books

• 
  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
• 
  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)