Listed Building record MDO15636 - Talbot Village Almshouses, Bournemouth

A group of seven almshouses endowed by Georgina Charlotte Talbot and built in 1862, by C C Creeke in a picturesque Romanesque style in coursed Purbeck rubble with voussoirs in dark brown ironstone. It was built as part of Talbot model village.

1862, C C Creeke. Picturesque though symmetrical, Romanesque style in coursed Purbeck rubble with voussoirs in dark brown ironstone. Three 2-storey gables with finials and kneelers, 4 similar small gables over entrance porches. Between main gables only 1 storey with deep slate roof, stone chimneys with set-offs on slope. Pairs of round-arched lights under each window arch, with diamond lattice glazing to tympanum. Round arches also to doors and to blind recess in upper storey of each main gable. Stringcourse breaking up over windows and porches. Rear also has blind recesses in 3 gables, modern extensions below. Grouped freestanding storehouses. <2>

<1> DOE (HHR), 27 Feb 76, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Borough of Bournemouth 1976 (Scheduling record). SWX3488.

<2> Department of the Environment, 15-Feb-1994, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Borough of Bournemouth amendment 1994 (Scheduling record). SWX4461.

<3> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BF104478 ST MARKS PRIMARY SCHOOL, WALLISDOWN ROAD, TALBOT VILLAGE, BOURNEMOUTH (Index). SDO14738.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1307539 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 29 2024 4:30PM