Description

OLNEY WESTON ROAD
SP 8851
1/107 (south side)
13.7.78 Nos 39-61 (odd) (Ann
GV Hopkins-Smith
Almshouses (including
Front Boundary Wall and
Gate))
II
Dated 1819, row of twelve almshouses. Red brick with chequer pattern of
black headers. Hipped slate roof with deep eaves having bracketted soffit.
Brick chimney stacks. Two storeys, thirteen bays, the central three advanced under a triangular pediment containing a segmental brick arch and plaque
with inscription and date. On ground floor an arch with eliptical head and
tunnel vault. Ground floor has alternating pairs of doors and windows, all openings having rusticated stone flat arches with raised keystones. Each
house has 6-panelled door, one sash window 4 panes wide 4 deep to ground
floor, and one sash window 4 panes wide 3 deep to first floor.
Original brick boundary wall to street with central gatepiers and ornamental
iron gate.

Listing NGR: SP8870051149

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26617127

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)