Approximate Location Map
Large Map »
Latitude: 51.4368 / 51°26'12"N
Longitude: -2.0027 / 2°0'9"W
OS Eastings: 399906
OS Northings: 170868
OS Grid: ST999708
Mapcode National: GBR 2SV.Y6Y
Mapcode Global: VHB42.74LW
Plus Code: 9C3VCXPW+PW
Entry Name: The Tounson Almshouses
Listing Date: 19 May 1950
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1270992
English Heritage Legacy ID: 456532
ID on this website: 101270992
Location: Calne, Wiltshire, SN11
County: Wiltshire
Civil Parish: Calne
Built-Up Area: Calne
Traditional County: Wiltshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire
Church of England Parish: Calne and Blackland St Mary the Virgin
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
Tagged with: Almshouse
CALNE
ST9970 KINGSBURY STREET
755-1/5/83 (South West side)
19/05/50 Nos.10-13 (Consecutive)
The Tounson Almshouses
GV II*
Formerly known as: Nos.10-17 The Tounson Almshouses KINGSBURY
STREET.
Terrace of 8 paired almshouses, now 4. c1682, altered 1973.
For John Tounson. Limewashed limestone rubble with ashlar
ridge stacks and a stone slate roof. Single-depth plan,
originally of one room each.
Each of 2 storeys; 2-window range. Paired central heavy
3-plank doors with wrought-iron strap hinges with fleur-de-lys
ends, and grille-covered peep holes, in chamfered wood frames
with bar stops. Stone-mullioned windows with ovolo-moulded
surrounds, and ground-floor label moulds; leaded metal
casements with stays. Each a single-room plan, now with
through-passage and side entrances.
Rear elevation has a late C20 full-width timber verandah,
small single-light windows with timber lintels, and 3 C20
inserted half dormers with leaded lights. Over the second
doorway from the left is an inscribed plaque giving details of
the original benefaction by John Tounson in 1683.
INTERIOR: heavy lateral beams with roll stopped chamfers. Roof
reported to have been renewed.
A fine and complete row, executed in the local vernacular
style.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Cherry B: Wiltshire:
London: 1963-1975: 157).
Listing NGR: ST9990870868
External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.
Other nearby listed buildings
