TQ6059-6159 WROTHAM C.P. ST MARY'S LANE 7/25 (west side) The Almshouses, Nos 1-4, (Incl) GV II Almshouse row. Dated 1806 by John Carter. Coursed galletted rubble stone with ashlar dressings on ashlar plinth. Moulded cornice to slate hipped roof with 2 ridge stacks. Central pair of houses project slightly with dressed quoins. 1 storey; 4 pairs of lancet casements, divided by 3 lean-to projections, doubled in centre, with 4 boarded doors facing each other in their sides. These entrance projections seem to have been thrown forward at a later date, re-using drip-moulds from window that they covered. Crest on central projection with inscription: BENEVOLENTIA HELENAE BETENSO MDCCCVI See The Gentleman's Magazine, 1817. (ii), 365; M. Colvin, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600 to 1840, 1978, 200. Listing NGR: TQ6110159027