Description

TQ 49 NW LOUGHTON AREWATER GREEN,
1/8 (access from Stony Path),
Nos. 1 to 6 Whitaker's
Charity Almshouses

- II

Terrace of almshouses, 1827. Stock brick, Flemish bond, with stone dressings
and slate roof. Half-H plan, consisting of 4 almshouses in a line with 2
entrance lobbies, 2 doors off each (nos. 2 and 3 sharing one entrance lobby,
nos. 4 and 5 sharing the other), nos. 1 and 6 forming crosswings at each end.
Aspect SE. Double chimney stack in middle (serving nos. 3 and 4), 4 other
single chimney stacks, all axial. External porches to nos. 1 and 6 at SE ends
of crosswings. Single storey. Half-glazed doors inside gabled porches at
each end, with stone arches of 4-centred curvature with drip moulds. 2 similar
arches over the 2 entrance. lobbies in main range. 4 windows, C19 wooden
casements with fixed light over, heavy tracery of 4-centred curvature in the
fixed lights, stone arches over as described above. In the middle, recessed
plaster panel with 3 diamonds in irregular cartouche with acanthus border and
mutilated inscription AW 1827. The Charity was established by the will of Anne
Whitaker of Loughton Hall, proved in 1825. (Reports of the Charity
Commissioners, Essex, 1819-1837, p.231).

Listing NGR: TQ4295697529

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26621681

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Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]