Description

1. ARGYLE ROAD
5127
Nos 12 to 26 (even)
St Hilda, St Monica,
St Joan, St Faith)
(Formerly St Bartholomew
Close)
SU 4666 NE 7/9 10.6.69

II GV

2.
Circa 1670 almshouses erected by Alderman P Jemmett of London, possibly a conversion
of a C16 open-fronted brick shed. (Trans Newbury Field Club 6, 157). The original
almshouses consisted of one-up and one-down with a wide fireplace and a semi-circular
newel staircase. Extensively reconstructed 1929 as homes for retired nurses. An
inscription panel states: Farm buildings 1550/J H Winchcombe/Almshouses 1670/
Philip Jemmet/Reconditioned 1929/W Essex Wynter. Wing plan. Two storeys with
gable attic dormers. Tiled roof. Red brick ground floor, partly rendered.
Timber framed 1st floor with close studding and plaster panels. Mostly 2-light
casement windows with leaded lights. The part has gabled central 2 storey porch
and over the entrance is reset an ancient, somewhat weathered achievement of the
Arms of the Brewers Company dated 1670. At the rear are 2 gables. Jemmett's
almshouses were successively known as Church Cottages, Raymond's Buildings and
St Bartholomew's Close.
(Country Life, 23 July 1943, 158).

Listing NGR: SU4688466552

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26579539

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)