Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
19/07/1966
Date of Amendment
29/11/1999
Name of Property
No.3 The Almshouses
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Llanrhaeadr-Yng-Nghinmeirch
Location
Adjoining the churchyard at the W end.
Broad Class
Health and Welfare
History
The Llanrhaeadr almshouses were erected by Jane, widow of Maurice Jones of Ddol and Llanrhaeadr hall in 1729. The foundation provided for eight houses and gardens for poor elderly folk of the parish. The complex was conceived as an H-shaped block with a central gabled porch giving access via a covered passage to a large walled garden at the rear. The eight units were originally of one room each and had shared chimneys; their entrances were from the passage, rear and sides, thereby ensuring that the facade appeared as a unified whole. In 1820 the great great nephew of the foundress, William, second Baron Bagot of Blifthfield in Staffordshire, and Pool Park and Bachymbyd in Denbighshire, repaired the almshouses and made minor alterations, notably to the chimneys and openings. The complex was further restored in 1963 and is currently divided into four units.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a second-quarter C18 almshouse complex with sensitive C19 alterations retaining particularly good external character.
Group value with other listed items at the Almshouses and St Dyfnog's Church.
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