Listed Building: WRIGHT'S ALMSHOUSES (1039555)

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Grade II*
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 793, 1, 63
Date assigned 19 April 1948
Date last amended

Description

1. 1425 LONDON ROAD Nos 8 to 18 (even) SJ 6552 1/63 19.4.48 (Wright's Almshouses) II* 2. Built 1658 by Sir Edmund Wright (Lord Mayor of London 1641). A block of 6 cottages; 2 storeys; brick with stone long and short quoins; moulded string course, quoined window and door surrounds; gable copings with ball feet; 6 iron casement windows 1. l425 LONDON ROAD Nos 8 to l8 (even) (Wright's Almshouses) SJ 6552 1/63 19.4.48. II* 2. _ Built 1638 by Sir Edmund Wright (Lord Mayor of London 1641). A block of 6 cottages; 2 storeys; brick with stone long and short quoins; moulded string course; quoined window and door surrounds; gable copings with ball feet; 6 iron casement windows with stone mullions and jambs and restored leaded lights (many now broken); 6 battern doors with moulded joints, restored; old tiled roof; good brick stacks. Carved centre stone panel with arms and partly defaced inscription. Unoccupied and in urgent need of repair when inspected but it is proposed to dismantle the building and re-erect it by Crewe's Almshouses in Beam Street (Map No l/66) Listing NGR: SJ6570652137

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Sources (2)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 431237. [Mapped features: #1245 431237; #6552 431237]
  • Monograph: Collins J F N. 1971. Crewe's and Wright's Revival.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 6545 5252 (29m by 12m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ65SE
Civil Parish NANTWICH, CREWE AND NANTWICH, CHESHIRE EAST

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Record last edited

Aug 15 2024 12:02PM