Listed Building: BRENCHLEY ALMSHOUSES (1336201)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 883, 2, 83
Date assigned 21 June 1971
Date last amended

Description

KING STREET 1. 5278 (South Side) Nos 76 to 82 (even) (Brenchley Almshouses) TQ 7655 NW 2/83 21.6.7l. II GV 2. Dated 1789. 2 storeys red brick. Hipped tiled roof with leaded ridges. Modillion eaves cornice and stringoourse. 4 casement windows. Doorcases with flat hoods over, Nos 78 and 80 having a joint one. Inscription on a tablet records that 'These almshouses were built A.D. 1789 by John Brenchley Esq in his life time for tle reception and£support of decay'd housekeepers of this town and endowed with a donation of £12 per annum to each for ever'. Nos 70 to 86 (even) form a group. Listing NGR: TQ7641755728

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  • Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 7642 5572 (point)
Map sheet TQ75NE
Civil Parish MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 1:22PM