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HER Number MWB17764
Record Type Building
Name Almshouses, Southend

Grid Reference SU 598 711
Map Sheet SU57SE
Parish Bradfield, West Berkshire
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Summary

Unlisted terrace of four almshouses, founded in 1811 by the owner of Bradfield Hall

Monument Type(s):

  • ALMSHOUSE (19th century - 1811 AD to 1811 AD)

Full Description

The First Edition Ordnance Survey <1> shows a block marked Almshouses set within a plot of land a short distance down Mariners Lane in Southend. There are still four cottages numbered 1-4 Almshouses in the 21st century <2>. The Victoria County History notes that the almshouses were founded by Stephen Wilson of Bradfield Hall in 1811 <3>. However the terrace present in the early 21st century appears much altered, with replacement UPVC windows and painted roughcast walls. The roof is of clay tiles with a chimney at either end and in the centre; there is also a central protruding gable with traces of dentil brick decoration under the render. Beneath a filled in circle on the gable is an inscription reading 'BRADFIELD POOR HOUSE ERECTED AT THE EXPENSE OF STEPHEN WILSON ESQ 1810 AND GIVEN BY HIM TO THE PARISH FOR EVER 1811'.

There may have been a predecessor on this road; the 1808 Ordnance Survey Drawing <5> appears to mark 'Poor house' by 'Rotton-row' (sic).

Sources and further reading

---1847. Bradfield Tithe Map. Numbered '430'. [Map / SWB147185]
http://ww2.berkshirenclosure.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DD1%2f22%2f1 (Accessed 10/02/2022)
<01>Landmark. 1872-85. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 1, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 1:2500. [Map / SWB14341]
<02>2007-. OS Master Map (digital). Digital. [Map / SWB147179]
<03>Page and Ditchfield (eds). 1923. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks III 1923. Vol 3. p395. [Monograph / SWB10005]
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol3 (Accessed 08/03/2022)
<04>Berkshire Federation of Women's Institutes. 1979. The Old Berkshire Village Book. Bradfield p22. [Monograph / SWB147301]
<05>Ordnance Survey. 1808. Ordnance Survey Drawing of East Ilsley; BL OSD 158, 2. Two inch to the mile. Marked 'Poor house'. [Map / SWB147329]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ordnance_Survey_Drawings_-_East_Ilsley_(OSD_158).jpg (Accessed on 23/06/2022)

Related Monuments

MWB18089Bradfield Hall (Building)

Associated Excavations and Fieldwork

  • None recorded

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