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| St Helen's Alms House, Great Asby | ||
| St Helen's Alms House | ||
| locality:- | Great Asby | |
| civil parish:- | Asby (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | almshouse | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY68161328 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY6813 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY61 | |
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 BJY48.jpg (taken 28.10.2005)  BJY49.jpg "St Helen's Alms House. Founded & Endow'd by WILLIAM &JOSEPH FAIRER, 1812." (taken 28.10.2005) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 22 3) placename:- St Helen's Almshouse |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- St Helens Almshouses |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "ST HELENS ALMSHOUSES / 40269 / / ASBY / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73250 / NY6816913301" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Founded in 1811 as a single building, square in plan, subdivided into four almshouses. Coursed, squared rubble with quoins. Pyramidal roof of graduated slates has cross-shaped, corniced, stone central chimney stack. 2 storeys; single storey lean-to under hipped, graduated slate roof added to east and west sides. North and south sides have 2 sashes to each floor and a part-glazed door to the ends of each lean-to. Both east and west sides have 2 sashes to 1st floor and 2 sashes to lean-to; west side has foundation plaque centrally placed in lean-to. All windows (and plaque) are in stone surrounds." |
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