Gateway and Walls to Almshouses Chipping Norton, England
Listed Building Data
Gateway and Walls to Almshouses has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1052651
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II
- Date Listed
- 20 June 1986
- Name
- GATEWAY AND WALLS TO ALMSHOUSES
- Location
- GATEWAY AND WALLS TO ALMSHOUSES, CHURCH STREET
- Parish
- Chipping Norton
- District
- West Oxfordshire
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Grid Reference
- SP 31296 27271
- Easting
- 431296.0000
- Northing
- 227271.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
CHIPPING NORTON CHURCH STREET SP 3027-3127 (north side) 3/7 - Gateway and walls to Almshouses GV II 1640, contemporary with Almshouses. Ashlar with a cambered archway above which is carved 'Remember the Poor'. Moulded cornice above rises to a bevelled plinth supporting a strapwork panel. 3 ball finials, one on either side and one on top of the panel photographed in 1963 have disappeared. Between the piers, a C19 plank gate with plain arched battens and studs. Low stone walls extend from the gateway to each end of the Almshouses plot.
Listing NGR: SP3129627271
