The following text is from the original listed building designation:
LINTON HILL TQ 75 SE LINTON (East Side) Nos. 1-5 3/137 (Inclusive) The Almshouses GV II Almshouses. Mid C19. Uncoursed ragstone with ashlar dressings. Plain tile roof. E-plan with only slightly projecting wings. Broader central wing comprises 2 gables. Single storey. Cusped bargeboards with moulded finials and pendants to 4 front gables and to slight projection to centre of right return elevation. Roof of main range carried down to rustic posts, forming shelters between wings. Regular 6-window front of one canted bay window to each outer wing, one 3-light leaded casement with top lights to each central gable and 2 similar 2-light casements between wings. 4 ribbed 4-centred arched doors, one to side of each wing, beneath the shelters. Half-glazed door to right return elevation. Raised blank stone shield to each outer gable and recessed rectangular panel to each central gable. Rear return wing to right. Interior not inspected. Almshouses founded on this site by Sir Anthony Mayne, 1611.
Listing NGR: TQ7541850184

English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.