The Almshouses Donyatt, England
Listed Building Data
The 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
- 1174641
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II
- Date Listed
- 4 February 1958
- Name
- THE ALMSHOUSES
- Location
- THE ALMSHOUSES, CHURCH STREET
- Parish
- Donyatt
- District
- South Somerset
- County
- Somerset
- Grid Reference
- ST 33934 14038
- Easting
- 333933.6020
- Northing
- 114038.4270
Listed Building Description
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DONYATT CP CHURCH STREET (North side) ST31SW 4/39 The Almshouses (formerly listed as Almshouses 30 yards south of Church) 4.2.58 GV II
Group of 6 almshouses in row. Dated 1624, restored in C19 and C20. Ham stone ashlar; undulating plain clay tiled roof between high coped gables suggesting former thatch; yellow and red brick chimney sticks. Two storeys, 6 bays. Continuous string between floors; hollow-chamfered mullioned windows in chamfered recesses, no labels, 2-light above and 3-light below, with diamond leaded panes; to right of bays 1,2 and 4, and to left of bays 3,5 and 6 are chamfered cambered arched doorways with deep lintels, C20 panelled doors. Further mullioned windows in end gables and set high on west gable a plaque describing the gift of the almshouses, the date not discernible. (Pevsner N, Buildings of England, South and West Somerset, 1958.
Listing NGR: ST3391614037
