St John's Homes
ST JOHN'S HOMES, BEDFORD ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1114179
- Date first listed:
- 17-May-1984
- List Entry Name:
- St John's Homes
- Statutory Address:
- ST JOHN'S HOMES, BEDFORD ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1114179
- Date first listed:
- 17-May-1984
- List Entry Name:
- St John's Homes
- Statutory Address 1:
- ST JOHN'S HOMES, BEDFORD ROAD
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:
- ST JOHN'S HOMES, BEDFORD ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bedford (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Kempston
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 02883 47562
Details
TL 04NW KEMPTON URBAN BEDFORD ROAD
2/91 St John's Homes - - II
Almshouses. Founded 1881 by Mrs Anne Jane Charles Williamson, for members of the Church of England. Red brick structure, ground floor clad in colour washed plaster with red brick dressings, first floor hung with decorative tiles, some mock timber framing to projecting gables. Clay tile roofs. 2- storeyed 5-bay main block, with single storeyed single-bay blocks to W and E, the latter with hipped roofs. Neo-vernacular style. To centre of main block is unusual bay window, canted to LH side only, overhung by large jettied gabled projection, itself with jettied attic. First floor has projecting 4- light window on brackets. Attic has crucifix to centre, and below it the letter "A.M.D.C." incised in bressumer. First floor bressumer incised with "In memoriam". Below first floor window are 4 plasterwork panels, 2 central ones with coats of arms, outer ones with "A.D." and '1881". To each end of main block is canted bay surmounted by smaller gabled and jettied first floor with 3-light projecting window. 2 recessed bays each have 3-light casement under cambered head to ground floor, and 2 small windows and one gabled projecting 2-light window to first floor. One 3-light window to each side wing. Frost windows are casements, upper part only with glazing bars. Coors, all of 6 panels with top pair glazed, are arranged 1-2-1-1-2-1 overall, and have tiled porch canopies. Variety of tall multiple stacks. Bargeboards to gables. Anne Williamson, herself a widow, inhabited the central first floor flat.
Listing NGR: TL0288347562
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 36728
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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