Building record 1174800000 - 1-6 THE ALMSHOUSES

Grade II+. Set of 6 almshouses, formerly 10. Dated 1675 on plaques. Founded by John King for 6 men and 4 women. Thin brick in Flemish bond, with semi-dressed chamfered stone plinth, chamfered stone quoins and coved stone eaves. Hipped old tile roofs, 6 brick chimneys rebuilt C20. H-plan with central passage. 2 storeys. Central bar of 2 bays, each side wing projecting 2 bays to front and rear. N.E. side has 2-light chamfered stone mullion windows with C20 metal casements. S.W. front is similar but with 4-light windows to centre bays. Some windows totally restored C20; blind windows to ends of side wings. Central passage and doors to centre of each wing have chamfered stone frames. Above passage entrances on each side are inscription plaques in carved stone cartouches with coats of arms above. N.W. and S.E. sides have 4-light windows to outer bays and 4 2-light windows to centre, all restored C20. RCHM I p. 325-6 Mon. 6 (B1).


Almshouses, 500 yards North of the church, were built in 1675 for six and four women, by John King, son of Henry King, Bishop of Chichester and grandson of John King, Bishop of London, as recorded on a tablet over one entrance. The walls are of brick with stone dressings and a moulded stone cornice; the roofs are tiled. The building is of two storeys and of H-shaped plan, with the central block pierced by a passage; over each entrance to the passage is a carved stone cartouche bearing the arms of King impaling those of Russell; above the cartouche on the East side is the inscribed tablet. The doorways, with flat plain heads, are chamfered;two are in the passage and four, each serving two tenements, open into the courts formed by the wings. The windows have square heads and chamfered jambs and mullions. Condition - Good (B2).

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