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| HER Number | MWB3472 |
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| Record Type | Building |
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| Name | Lower Raymonds Almshouses, Newtown Road, Newbury |
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Summary
Grade II listed range of twelve brick houses dated 1796, another range having been destroyed in 1943
Associated Legal Designations or Protected Status
- Listed Building (II) 1290288: LOWER RAYMOND ALMSHOUSES
- Conservation Area: Newbury Town Centre
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 01391.04.200
- Old Listed Building Ref (pre 1984) (III): 1/158 (Lower) Raymond's Almshouses.
Dated "1796". Range of 12 tenements facing W. Two storeys, brick, with central passage way through brick pedimented centrepiece with an oval lunette in the tympanum. Modern red tile roof. Six modern red brick stacks. Modern iron-framed casement windows. Small wood pent hoods to 12 front doors.
Monument Type(s):
- ALMSHOUSE (18th century to Late 19th century - 1796 AD to 1900 AD)
Full Description
Listing description: 1796 (date scroll on central gable) symmetrical terrace of 12 almshouses. Another range at right angles to this one was destroyed in 1943. Two storeys. One window each with paired entrances. Modern hipped red tile roof, with 6 red brick stacks. Brick with coped gable to slightly projecting centrepiece with lunette in the tympanum; arched gateway now blocked. Recessed sash windows with glazing bars and some modern casements. Doorways with gabled hoods, rectangular fanlights and panelled doors.<7>
West Berkshire Museum has a photograph showing the damage following the bombing raid in 1943; and another showing the almshouses in the early 21st century <15>.
Sources and further reading
| <00> | 1950-83. Buildings included in the statutory list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest, pre Review. WBC Network. 1/158. [Unpublished document / SWB10875] |
| <01> | 1903. PROC SOC ANTIQ (2nd series) 19. (2nd series) 19. P252. [Article in serial / SWB13081] |
| <02> | Page and Ditchfield (eds). 1924. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks IV 1924. Vol 4. p132, 152. [Monograph / SWB10281]
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol4 (Accessed 24/09/2015) |
| <03> | Berkshire Archaeological Society. 1935. Berkshire Archaeological Journal 1935 39. 39. In ADS Journals. 10.5284/1000017. p34-41 in St Bartholomew's Hospital, Newbury. [Article in serial / SWB12128]
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/berks_bas_2007/journal.cfm?volume=39 (Accessed 27/07/2016) |
| <04> | Newbury Weekly News. 1972. Newbury's oldest clock restored. [Article in serial / SWB13453] |
| <05> | ARH/KT Newbury District Museum. 1993. Almshouses in Newbury. [Unpublished document / SWB13457] |
| <06> | Astill, G G. 1978. Historic Towns in Berkshire: an archaeological appraisal. p51. [Monograph / SWB10869] |
| <07> | Department of the Environment. 1974-2000?. DOE List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Unpublished document / SWB10006] |
| <08> | The Borough Museum, Newbury. 1973. Newbury Buildings Past and Present. p47, Illust p59. [Monograph / SWB12937] |
| <09> | Pevsner, N. 1966. The Buildings of England (Berkshire). p182-3. [Monograph / SWB10024] |
| <10> | Tyack, G, Bradley, S and Pevsner, N. 2010. The Buildings of England (Berkshire). p401. [Monograph / SWB147855] |
| <11> | West Berkshire Museum. 2006. Heritage Guide No 8 - The Almshouses of Newbury. No 9. [Unpublished document / SWB148025] |
| <12> | Walker, F. 1999. Raymond's Almhouses, Newbury. [Unpublished document / SWB148621] |
| <13> | Pace, L. 2008. Almshouses - Provision of Sheltered housing from 13th-21st centuries. [Unpublished document / SWB148622] |
| <14> | Kintbury Volunteer Group. 2004. Kintbury through the ages. p21 (Illust). [Monograph / SWB14205] |
| <15> | Museum Curator. Newbury Museum Accession Records (West Berkshire Museum since 1998). 2022 WBC Network. NEBYM:1999.11.38; 2015.6.672. [Unpublished document / SWB14452] |
Related Monuments
| MWB20206 | Site of St Bartholomew's Almshouses, Newtown Road, Newbury (Monument) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
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