The entrance gatepiers and projecting entrance porch between the Warden's House and the schoolroom attached to the Hungerford Almshouses on Pound Pill in Corsham. The carved arms of the Hungerford family are above the arched doorway.

Date:: 25 Sept 1901

Location:: Hungerford Almshouses, Pound Pill, Corsham, Wiltshire

Reference:: OP19763

Type:: Photograph (Printing Out Paper Print)

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Description

The almshouses, Warden's House and schoolroom were built in 1668 for Lady Margaret Hungerford of Corsham Court. The photograph was taken by the architect and architectural historian John Alfred Gotch (1852-1942), who had a special interest in Elizabethan and Jacobean architecture.

Archival History

This photograph was withdrawn from the Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-12 Red Box Project.

Content

This is part of the Series: RBO01/45 Early Photographic Print Collection: Wiltshire; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Gotch, John Alfred

Keywords

Gate Pier, Porch, Stuart Almshouse, Stuart Schoolroom, Stuart House