Burrough's Almshouses
BURROUGH'S ALMSHOUSES, CHURCH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1098325
- Date first listed:
- 20-May-1985
- Statutory Address:
- BURROUGH'S ALMSHOUSES, CHURCH LANE
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- Reference:
- IOE01/15793/31
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1098325
- Date first listed:
- 20-May-1985
- Statutory Address 1:
- BURROUGH'S ALMSHOUSES, CHURCH LANE
Location
- Statutory Address:
- BURROUGH'S ALMSHOUSES, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- East Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Broad Clyst
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 98196 97153
Details
SX 99 NE BROADCLYST CHURCH LANE,
Broadclyst 9/79 Burrough's Almshouses - - II
Almshouses. Founded and endowed in 1605 by Henry Burroughs for 12 old people. Largely rebuilt in 1833 but the structure appears to incorporate some old material. Red sandstone with volcanic trap dressing, gabled-end slate roof. A 1-storey range of rooms extending along Church Lane, with tall plinth, and 14 single-light, square- headed windows set high with chamfered stone surrounds and latticed panes, 7 to each side of a central entrance through arch. 6 axial stone stacks with brick shafts. Windows to rear, all 3-light, with completely renewed concrete ovolo moulded jambs and mullions.
Listing NGR: SX9819797153
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 88392
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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