This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.
WANTAGE POST OFFICE LANE SU4087, SU3987NE (East side) 8/153, 9/153 Nos.l to 10 (consecutive), Eagles Close Almshouses
GV II
Almshouses. Built 1867 for Town Commissioners. Flemish bond red brick with limestone ashlar bands; old tile roof with decorative ridge tiles; brick stacks.
Row of "one-up, one-down" cottages with rear outshut. 2 storeys; 10-window range. Pointed arches of alternating brick and stone ashlar voussoirs over plank doors with decorative strap hinges. Similar tympanum arches over 3-light ground-floor casements, some with H-L hinges: similar first-floor 2-light casements. 4 offset buttresses divide each paired door. Ashlar bands beneath first- and ground-floor window sills. Gabled roof with stone coping to parapets; ridge stacks. Interior not inspected. Built in similar style to Nos.23 - 37 Mill Street (q.v.) also of 1867.
Listing NGR: SU3995287824
This is part of the Series: IOE01/0205 IOE Records taken by Jayne Boldy; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England
© Jayne Boldy. Source: Historic England Archive
This photograph was taken for the Images of England project
Photographer: Boldy, Jayne
Rights Holder: Boldy, Jayne
Ashlar, Brick, Limestone, Tile, Victorian Almshouse, Religious Ritual And Funerary, Health And Welfare, Domestic, Residential Building
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