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almshouse — Kingston College

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almshouse — Kingston College
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Attached two-bay two-storey house over basement, built 1777, as part of scheme of almshouses, projecting slightly from line of houses to north. Hipped slate roof, with dressed limestone eaves course, rendered chimneystacks, terracotta chimneypots and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered coursed limestone walls. Camber-headed window openings with timber sliding sash windows, six-over-six pane to first floor and basement and nine-over-six pane to ground floor, all having limestone sills and red brick block-and-start surrounds. Round-headed door opening with timber panelled door, spoked timber fanlight, brick block-and-start surround and limestone step over area, with rendered parapet and boundary walls with dressed limestone copings, and cast-iron railings.

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