DIXON'S ALMSHOUSES
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1330247
- Date first listed:
- 22-Aug-1984
- Statutory Address:
- DIXON'S ALMSHOUSES, LITTLE HEATH ROAD
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- DIXON'S ALMSHOUSES, LITTLE HEATH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Christleton
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 44302 65926
Details
SJ 46 NW CHRISTLETON C.P. LITTLE HEATH ROAD
(East Side)
3/17 Nos.1-6 (consecutive)
Dixon's Almshouses
GV II*
Six almshouses: 1868 by J.Oldrid Scott in memory of James Dixon of
Littleton. Timber framed on ashlar red sandstone plinth. Red tile
roof and 5 ashlar -chimneys. Tudor style. Long rectangular plan. 1
and 2-storey, symmetrical, 6-bay front. Tall rectangular timber
panels, the upper ones with delicate geometric pargetting. 4-light
wood-mullioned windows with pierced quatrefoil or intersecting
tracery. The 2nd and 5th bays have gabled 2-storey porches open to
the ground floor with heavily carved spandrels. These have 4-centred
arched entrances, with carved spandrels, flanked by cusped lights.
Similar 4-light windows in the upper storey. There is a memorial
plaque on the left hand one, a biblical quotation on the right. To
the rear are 3 1-storey projections containing entrances and a
verandah on wooden posts.
Interior: Not inspected.
A good, early example of Victorian timber framing with a vernacular
feel, particularly to the rear.
Listing NGR: SJ4430265926
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 55463
- 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.
End of official listing
