Description

ST4354 AXBRIDGE MOORLAND STREET (East side)

12/28 The Old Almshouse

21.10.76

GV II

Almshouse, now function room. Probably early C16, rebuilt 1983. Random rubble, pantile roof, brick end ridge stacks.
Modern frontage in a Perpendicular style. Two storeys, 3 bays, 2-light stone mullioned windows, single light window to
centre of first floor, each light with a cusped head, leaded lights, stopped labels. Central door opening in a broad
semi-circular headed stone surround, stopped label, C20 panelled door. Some C15 interior features including 3
fireplaces in plain chamfered stone surrounds, garderobe to centre of rear wall on first floor. C16 roof construction
of 3 tenoned collar and tie beam trusses with windbracing. Remainder of interior C20. Included primarily for historical
interest. (VAG Report, unpublished SRO, April 1974).

Listing NGR: ST4311354521

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26311775

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]