Men's Almhouses Walled Forecourt With Gateway to Nos 1 to 4
MEN'S ALMHOUSES, 1-4, FROME ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1200482
- Date first listed:
- 18-Apr-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Men's Almhouses Walled Forecourt With Gateway to Nos 1 to 4
- Statutory Address:
- MEN'S ALMHOUSES, 1-4, FROME ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1200482
- Date first listed:
- 18-Apr-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Men's Almhouses Walled Forecourt With Gateway to Nos 1 to 4
- Statutory Address 1:
- MEN'S ALMHOUSES, 1-4, FROME ROAD
- Statutory Address 2:
- WALLED FORECOURT WITH GATEWAY TO NOS 1 TO 4, 1-4, FROME ROAD
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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:
- MEN'S ALMHOUSES, 1-4, FROME ROAD
- Statutory Address:
- WALLED FORECOURT WITH GATEWAY TO NOS 1 TO 4, 1-4, FROME ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Bradford-on-Avon
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 82568 60724
Details
1. FROME ROAD 5411 (East Side)
18.4.52. Nos 1 to 4 (consec) - (Men's Almhouses) Walled forecourt with gateway to Nos 1 to 4 (consec) ST 8260 2/109
II* GV
2. Dated 1700 (restored 1891). Oblong building in stone with ashlar frontage, 2 storeys, high-pitched hipped stone-tile roof with projecting eaves. Two tall ashlar chimneys, one bearing a carved stone letter "K" and the other an "M", each surmounted by a coronet (allusion to the Dukes of Kingston and Earls Manvers). The almshouses consist of 4 dwellings to accommodate 4 old men. Each house has 1 window on each floor, leaded casements with stone mullions, and a plain square-headed doorway opening on to a small forecourt fronting the Frome Road. A carved stone achievement above the centre doorway carried the coat of arms (sable, 3 poleaxes palewise 2 and 1 argent) and the crest (an arm embowed in armour proper holding a poleaxe) of the Ball family. The forecourt is surrounded by a stone wall with urns and has a gateway with ball-capped stone piers, a wrought-iron gate and handrails into the design of which has been incorporated the armorial bearings of 3 poleaxes.
Nos 1 to 4 (consec) form a group with The Three Horseshoes, Frome Road The Liberal Club, The Baptist Chapel, The Congregational Church and Hall and Nos 6 to 16 (consec) 19 to 22 (consec) 36, 42 to 49 (consec) and Westbury House, St Margaret's Street and No 1 St Margaret's Hill.
Listing NGR: ST8256860728
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 312560
- 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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