Listed Building: GATEWAY OR SOUTH FRONT TO FORMER ALMSHOUSES (102133)

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Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 855/1/5
Date assigned 27 October 1950
Date last amended

Description

1. 865 CHURCH LANE (East Side) Gateway or South front to former almshouses (formerly listed as Municipal Buildings) ST 8806 1/5 27.10.50. II GV 2. The front originally belonged to Almshouses built in 1736 to replace some destroyed by fire. The Almshouses have now been re-built elsewhere. The front is of the same greenish stone as the Church, It has a pedimented gable with a round window. The lower storey has an arcade of 3 bays, the centre arch semi-circular, the others segmental. Over the latter are sunk panels with now illegible inscriptions. Projecting imposts and keystones. Pavement of knapped flint. No 5 and the Gateway form a group with the Church. Listing NGR: ST8856106344

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Location

Grid reference ST 8856 0634 (point)
Civil Parish Blandford Forum; Dorset
District (historic) North Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 15 2009 12:14PM