Listed Building: FORECOURT WALL AND GATEWAY OF WRIGHT'S ALMSHOUSES (1320247)

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Grade II*
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 793, 1, 301
Date assigned 01 March 1974
Date last amended

Description

1. 1425 LONDON ROAD Forecourt wall and gateway of Mr Wright's Almshouses SJ 6552 1/63A II* 2. Erected by the Trustees in 1667. A low wall of red brick extending over frontage at rear of pavement with moulded stone coping. At centre a fine gateway being a stone screen with segmental arch, columns on pedestals, entablature, moulded Jacobean coping and large side scrolls (one restored). In urgent need of repair when inspected but included in a proposal for the dismantling of the almshouses and their re-erection by Crewe's Almshouses in Beam Street (Map No 1/66). Listing NGR: SJ6544652562

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Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 351214. [Mapped features: #1933 351214; #7241 351214]

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 6544 5256 (10m by 2m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ65SE
Civil Parish NANTWICH, CREWE AND NANTWICH, CHESHIRE EAST

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Record last edited

Mar 1 2011 12:00AM