Trott's Almshouses
Trott's Almshouses, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11, Higher Street, Cullompton, Devon, EX15 1AJ
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1306826
- Date first listed:
- 05-Apr-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Trott's Almshouses
- Statutory Address:
- Trott's Almshouses, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11, Higher Street, Cullompton, Devon, EX15 1AJ
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1306826
- Date first listed:
- 05-Apr-1966
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 06-Sept-2022
- List Entry Name:
- Trott's Almshouses
- Statutory Address 1:
- Trott's Almshouses, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11, Higher Street, Cullompton, Devon, EX15 1AJ
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:
- Trott's Almshouses, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11, Higher Street, Cullompton, Devon, EX15 1AJ
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Mid Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Cullompton
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 02132 07555
Summary
Row of Almshouses. Founded in 1522 by John Trott for six poor men, erected in 1523 and heavily restored in the C19 and C20.
Reasons for Designation
Trott's Almshouses are listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Architectural interest:
* originally built in the C16, though heavily restored in the C19, and retaining a significant proportion of fabric from that period;
* since the C19 restoration the building has been little-altered, and remains legible as a group of almshouses of diminutive scale and vernacular character.
Historic interest:
* established by a successful local merchant who made his fortune from the local cloth industry. The almshouses are part of a group of buildings around and in the Higher Bullring which together demonstrate the architectural development and diversity of the town.
History
In 1522 Almshouses were established for six poor men of the Parish by John Trott, a wealthy cloth merchant. The site of the original almshouses is still occupied by Trotts Almshouses. Little remains of the original building as it was subject to a C19 scheme of extension and refurbishment; this scheme arose from concern in 1883 about the poor state of repair of the buildings. A bequest of £400 left by John Martin allowed for restoration and the addition of an extra room. Further alterations occurred in the C20.
Details
Row of Almshouses. Founded in 1522 by John Trott for six poor men, erected in 1523 and heavily restored in the C19 and C20.
MATERIAL: random rubble Volcanic Trap stone and sandstone walls and a gabled-end slate roof.
PLAN: six two-storey units, with one room per floor, entered from rear, with the main central entrance, now blocked, to Higher Street. There are two end, and three axial, chimney stacks, with brick shafts.
EXTERIOR: two storeys with a seven-window range to the front. There are one, two, and three-light barred C19 casement windows to the first floor, and six two-light windows to the ground floor, as well as C20 one-light casements. The blocked central doorway has a segmental-headed, moulded arch within a square-headed surround, and foliate spandrels. To the rear there are six doors and six two-light windows to the ground floor, mostly from the C20, with concrete sills. There are six three-light casement windows, dating to the C19 to the first floor.
INTERIOR: there are cross beams to all the interiors, with roll and concave moulding and oak-leaf stops.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 95312
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Whiting, R, The Blind Devotion of the People: Popular Religion and the English Reformation, (1991), 72
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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