Description

ASHBY PARVA
SP58NW MAIN STREET
1323-0 3/107 (North side)
11/01/55 Almshouses, Nos 1 to 8 Goodacre
Cottages
GV II

Row of eight almshouses. 1832. Erected for Sarah Bowyer, form
a bequest made by Lucy Goodacre. Red brick, with C20 concrete
tile roof and four square brick ridge stacks. 2 storey, 8
windows. Ground floor has an added lean-to porch to each
cottage arranged 1:2:1:1:2:1, with a single light window per
cottage, to the front and a glazed door per cottage, to the
side. Central opening has a segment headed passage doorway
with a plank door, and above a slate plaque which records
their bequest. Eight 2-light casements with segment heads on
each floor.

Listing NGR: SP5287688243

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26580784

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