Description

1.
5272 GREAT CHART THE STREET
(south-east side)
The Almshouses
(Nos 1, 2 and 3)
TQ 9842 26/8
II
2.
Three cottages, the north-east and centre ones founded as almshouses in 1583
by Francis Toke of Godinton, and rebuilt probably by Nicholas Roundell Toke
in 1833, the south-west one added 1899 in matching style. One storey ashlar.
Tiled roof with shaped Dutch gable ends. Six casement windows with dripstones
over. In the centre of the 2 original cottages is a porch with a shaped gable
containing a stone inscribed:- "This Almshouse for 2 aged persons was founded
and endowed by Francis Toke Esquire, Anno Domini 1583 and rebuilt Anno Domini
1833". At the south-west end of the south-west cottage is a similar porch
with a stone inscribed:- "This Almshouse was erected by the Trustees of the
Toke and Streeter Almshouse Charity AD 1899".

Listing NGR: TQ9816642024

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26644512

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings