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almshouse — Kingston College

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almshouse — Kingston College
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Attached two-bay two-storey over basement house, built 1777, as part of scheme of almshouses. Hipped slate roof dressed limeston eaves course, rendered chimneystacks, terracotta chimney pots and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered coursed limestone walls. Camber-headed window openings with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash window to first floor with red brick block-and-start surround and limestone sill. Round-headed door opening with timber panelled door with spoked timber fanlight, red brick block-and-start surround and limestone step over area. Rendered limestone parapet and boundary walla, with cast-iron railings and cast-iron wall-mounted post box, c.1905, with E.R.VII insignia and crown.

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