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Latitude: 52.1351 / 52°8'6"N
Longitude: -0.0614 / 0°3'40"W
OS Eastings: 532782
OS Northings: 250301
OS Grid: TL327503
Mapcode National: GBR K6P.39D
Mapcode Global: VHGMX.WLFM
Plus Code: 9C4X4WPQ+2F
Entry Name: Countess of Hardwicke Almhouses
Listing Date: 16 July 1979
Last Amended: 3 September 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1128200
English Heritage Legacy ID: 52674
ID on this website: 101128200
Location: Arrington, South Cambridgeshire, SG8
County: Cambridgeshire
District: South Cambridgeshire
Civil Parish: Arrington
Traditional County: Cambridgeshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cambridgeshire
Church of England Parish: Arrington St Nicholas
Church of England Diocese: Ely
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ARRINGTON ERMINE WAY
TL 3250 (West side)
15/10
Nos 123, 125, 127,
16.7.79 129 (Countess of
Hardwicke Almshouses)
(formerly listed as
Nos 119-129)
GV II
Six almshouses, now four. 1846 to the design of H E Kendall for Susan, fourth
Countess of Hardwicke, in memory of her mother. Red brick and Ketton
limestone dressings. Fishscale patterned tiled roof. Four symmetrically
disposed ridge stacks, reproducing those of C17, with panelled sides in arched
heads, stone dressings and entablature. Single range with wings at north and
south ends. Single storey main range has a central porch with shaped gable
parapet with shield of arms of Earls of Hardwicke to the tympanum. Four
centred arch in square head with stepped stone label. Adjacent doorways with
original boarded doors, cover strips and iron furniture. Four, three-light
casements. Wings are of two storeys with shaped gable end parapets and
rusticated stone quoins. Each has a casement at first floor and a three-light
cross-frame casement at ground floor. Gabled porch in each angle, with
similar adjacent doorways, one now blocked. There is a paved stone terrace on
the front approached by a flight of three steps.
RCHM: West Cambs mon (8)
Listing NGR: TL3278250301
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