Description

LEEK

SJ9856SW BROAD STREET
611-1/6/19 (South side)
13/04/51 Nos.1-11 (Odd)
Ash Almshouses, retaining wall and
railings
(Formerly Listed as:
BROAD STREET
Ash Almshouses)

GV II

Includes: Nos.2 AND 4 COMPTON.
Almshouses. 1676. Restored 1811. Concrete render over stone
with plain-tiled roofs.
EXTERIOR: one-and-a-half storeys, 7-window range, the gabled
dormers each housing paired round-arched windows. Paired
narrow round-arched windows each side of paired doorways with
shallow segmental heads and round-arched panels. Plaques over
each doorway inscribed with name of village from whence the
beneficiary was supposed to come. Return to Compton similarly
detailed, with paired central doors and flanking paired
round-arched windows, with 2 gabled dormers above. Ornate
moulded kneelers to coping of gables, and ball finials on end
gables. Axial stacks.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: the properties are separated from the
road by a roughly coursed and squared stone retaining wall
surmounted by iron spearhead railings and incorporating a
milestone in the Broad Street elevation.

Listing NGR: SJ9836356314

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26558968

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Recommended Books

• 
  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
• 
  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2