Alnutts Almshouses Goring Heath, England

Listed Building Data

Alnutts Almshouses has been designated a Grade I 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
1194275
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
I
Date Listed
24 October 1951
Name
ALNUTTS HOSPITAL AND ATTACHED FORECOURT WALLS AND GATE
Location
ALNUTTS HOSPITAL AND ATTACHED FORECOURT WALLS AND GATE, B4526
Parish
Goring Heath
District
South Oxfordshire
County
Oxfordshire
Grid Reference
SU6569779447
Easting
465696.7408
Northing
179446.9541

Listed Building Description

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GORING HEATH B4526 SU67NE (North side) 9/90 Alnutt's Hospital and attached 24/10/51 forecourt walls and gate

GV I

Almshouses. c.1724. Grey brick with red brick dressings; plain tile roof; brick stacks. U-shaped plan. Single storey and attic; Central 13 bay range with cross wings to left and right. Chapel to central 3 bays. Central 6-panel door with segmental head and flat hood on brackets. Leaded overlight above with segmental rubbed brick head with keystone. Segmental headed leaded cross windows to left and right. Doric pilasters to each bay supporting shaped brick cornice. Shaped gable with central plaque and clock. Lead-roofed cupola to ridge of cross-gable. Single-storey and attic ranges to left and right. Segmental headed 6-panel doors to left and right of centre. 3 segmental-headed cross-windows to left and right. 6-panel segmental-headed doors to left and right, hipped full dormers to roof. Internal stacks to rear. Chapel interior: Nave and chancel with bow end. Original pews, pulpit with sounding board and altar rail. Busts of Henry Alnutt and Richard Clement. Subsidiary wall to forecourt with central wrought iron gateway with overthrow. History: Founded by Henry Alnutt, Lord Mayor of London in 1724. Richard Clement was his executor and built the Almshouses. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.616-7).

Listing NGR: SU6570079441