Building record 0101000000 - DORMER'S HOSPITAL, WING

Summary

Late sixteenth century almshouses known as Dormer's Hospital, founded in 1569 and refurbished in 1982.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1115986: NOS 12-18 (EVEN) AYLESBURY ROAD (DBC4167)

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • ALMSHOUSE (Dated 1569, 16th Century to Modern - 1500 AD to 1945 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 24m, Width 8m.
Plan Form - Rectangular.
Grade II. Four almshouses founded in 1569 by Dame Dorothy Pelham, wife of Sir William Dormer, as recorded by former inscription tablet. Altered C19, refurbished 1982. Coursed rubble stone, chamfered brick surrounds to openings. Old tile roof, brick coped gables with shaped stone kneelers, rebuilt flanking and central brick chimneys each with 2 square shafts linked at the top. Rendered dormers with similar coped gables and kneelers. One storey and attic, 4 bays. C20 leaded casements with depressed heads, 3-light to ground floor with rendered panels above, 2-light in attic dormers. Pairs of board doors between bays 1 and 2 and between bays 3 and 4, each door with 4-centred chamfered brick arch. 1982 inscription tablet to centre in moulded stone frame. Small lean-to extensions to rear. RCHM II p. 336 Mon. 6 (B7).
Hospital or alms-house for eight poor men and women. It contains four tenements, each intended for two persons, with a small garden to each. Sir William Stanhope added some houses to the original endowment (B2).
At NGR (B5).

Sources (7)

  • <1>SBC26953 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 3). Volume 3. p525.
  • <2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p787.
  • <3>SBC20467 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1913. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 2. p336.
  • <4>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p450.
  • <5>SBC10481 Map: OS 1980 1:2500 MAP.
  • <6>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p296.
  • <7>SBC19252 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Aylesbury Vale District: Parishes of Aston Abbotts &C. p50.

Location

Grid reference SP 88300 22459 (point)
Civil Parish WING, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13573)

Record last edited

Nov 8 2024 2:01PM

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