Lady Lumley's Almshouses
LADY LUMLEY'S ALMSHOUSES, CHESTNUT AVENUE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1074192
- Date first listed:
- 10-Nov-1953
- List Entry Name:
- Lady Lumley's Almshouses
- Statutory Address:
- LADY LUMLEY'S ALMSHOUSES, CHESTNUT AVENUE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1074192
- Date first listed:
- 10-Nov-1953
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 05-Feb-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Lady Lumley's Almshouses
- Statutory Address 1:
- LADY LUMLEY'S ALMSHOUSES, CHESTNUT AVENUE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- LADY LUMLEY'S ALMSHOUSES, CHESTNUT AVENUE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Thornton-le-Dale
- National Park:
- North York Moors
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 83540 83086
Details
THORNTON DALE CHESTNUT AVENUE SE 8383 (north side) 14/90 Lady Lumley's Almshouses (Previously listed as 10.11.53 Almshouses). GV II Row of 12 almshouses. 1670; restored C19; modernised and extended C20. Founded under the terms of a Trust Deed executed by Lady Elizabeth Lumley in 1657. Squared limestone with stone flag roof. Single-cell, lobby-entry plan, with C20 rear extensions. Single storey, 24-bay front. Paired 4- panel doors in plain square surrounds alternate to the left and right of 2- light diamond lattice windows with cinquefoil heads in similar surrounds. C19 tablet to centre recording the origins of The Charity. Moulded eaves cornice. Seven ridge stacks. R W Jeffery, Thornton-le-Dale, 1931, p73 and footnotes.
Listing NGR: SE8354083086
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 439927
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Jefferey, R W, Thornton le Dale, (1931), 73
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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