Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
01/02/1988
Date of Amendment
01/02/1988
Name of Property
Harley's Almshouses
Location
At the roadside on SW edge of the town; set into the slope.
History
Group of 6 almshouses built in 1832; designed with 4 rooms each.
Exterior
Symmetrical single storey coursed rubble front with half hipped slate roof and 3 diagonally set red brick chimney stacks with stock brick caps. Central broad gable over Nos. 15 and 16 with coat of arms recessed in diamond frame over stone tablet inscribed: "These Almshouses were erected and endowed by Frances Harley to the memory of her mother The Honourable Mrs Harley of Trebarried for the reception of 6 poor indigent women AD MDCCCXXXII". Voussoir lintels to Tudor pointed window and door openings. Paired casement windows with diamond leaded glazing; boarded shutters with 'C' shaped fastenings; boarded doors.
Plane gable ends; extension to rear.
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