The Tounson Almshouses
THE TOUNSON ALMSHOUSES, 10-13, KINGSBURY STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1270992
- Date first listed:
- 19-May-1950
- List Entry Name:
- The Tounson Almshouses
- Statutory Address:
- THE TOUNSON ALMSHOUSES, 10-13, KINGSBURY STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1270992
- Date first listed:
- 19-May-1950
- List Entry Name:
- The Tounson Almshouses
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE TOUNSON ALMSHOUSES, 10-13, KINGSBURY STREET
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:
- THE TOUNSON ALMSHOUSES, 10-13, KINGSBURY STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Calne
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 99906 70868
Details
CALNE
ST9970 KINGSBURY STREET 755-1/5/83 (South West side) 19/05/50 Nos.10-13 (Consecutive) The Tounson Almshouses
GV II*
Formerly known as: Nos.10-17 The Tounson Almshouses KINGSBURY STREET. Terrace of 8 paired almshouses, now 4. c1682, altered 1973. For John Tounson. Limewashed limestone rubble with ashlar ridge stacks and a stone slate roof. Single-depth plan, originally of one room each. Each of 2 storeys; 2-window range. Paired central heavy 3-plank doors with wrought-iron strap hinges with fleur-de-lys ends, and grille-covered peep holes, in chamfered wood frames with bar stops. Stone-mullioned windows with ovolo-moulded surrounds, and ground-floor label moulds; leaded metal casements with stays. Each a single-room plan, now with through-passage and side entrances. Rear elevation has a late C20 full-width timber verandah, small single-light windows with timber lintels, and 3 C20 inserted half dormers with leaded lights. Over the second doorway from the left is an inscribed plaque giving details of the original benefaction by John Tounson in 1683. INTERIOR: heavy lateral beams with roll stopped chamfers. Roof reported to have been renewed. A fine and complete row, executed in the local vernacular style. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Cherry B: Wiltshire: London: 1963-1975: 157).
Listing NGR: ST9990870868
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 456532
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Wiltshire, (1975), 157
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Wiltshire, (1963), 157
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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