List entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: WRIGHT'S ALMSHOUSES
List entry Number: 1039555
Location
WRIGHT'S ALMSHOUSES, BEAM STREET
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
| County |
District |
District Type |
Parish |
| Cheshire East | Unitary Authority | Nantwich |
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II*
Date first listed: 19-Apr-1948
Date of most recent amendment: 05-May-1976
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 431237
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List entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
1.
1425 LONDON ROAD
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Nos 8 to 18 (even)
SJ 6552 1/63 19.4.48 (Wright's Almshouses)
II*
2.
Built 1658 by Sir Edmund Wright (Lord Mayor of London 1641). A block of 6 cottages;
2 storeys; brick with stone long and short quoins; moulded string course, quoined
window and door surrounds; gable copings with ball feet; 6 iron casement windows
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1.
l425 LONDON ROAD
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Nos 8 to l8 (even)
(Wright's Almshouses)
SJ 6552 1/63 19.4.48.
II*
2. _
Built 1638 by Sir Edmund Wright (Lord Mayor of London 1641). A block of 6 cottages;
2 storeys; brick with stone long and short quoins; moulded string course; quoined
window and door surrounds; gable copings with ball feet; 6 iron casement windows
with stone mullions and jambs and restored leaded lights (many now broken); 6
battern doors with moulded joints, restored; old tiled roof; good brick stacks.
Carved centre stone panel with arms and partly defaced inscription.
Unoccupied and in urgent need of repair when inspected but it is proposed to
dismantle the building and re-erect it by Crewe's Almshouses in Beam Street (Map
No l/66)
Listing NGR: SJ6570652137
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National Grid Reference: SJ 65706 52137
Map
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