Ribchester Almshouse is a building on Stydd Lane in the English
manor
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*Man ...
of
Stydd
The manor of Stydd is in the county of Lancashire. It is situated on the north eastern edge of the village of Ribchester. It has three notable buildings: St Saviour's Church, a set of almshouses''Parliamentary Papers'', Volume 79 (1908), p. 336 ...
, near
Ribchester
Ribchester is a village and civil parish within the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Ribble, northwest of Blackburn and east of Preston.
The village has a long history with evidence of Bronze ...
,
Lancashire
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. It dates to 1728 and is a
Grade II* listed building.
Almshouses, Ribchester
– Historic England It stands in a small garth
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adjoining the priest's garden.[
The ]almshouse
An almshouse (also known as a bede-house, poorhouse, or hospital) was charitable housing provided to people in a particular community, especially during the medieval era. They were often targeted at the poor of a locality, at those from certain ...
s are in two storeys and five bays
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with a stone-slate roof. The middle three bays are in sandstone
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Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates) ...
and the outer bays are in brick. There is a central flight of 16 steps leading to a first floor arcade with three semicircular arches carried on unfluted Doric Doric may refer to:
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columns and half-columns. Above this is a truncated shaped gable
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, surmounted by a cornice
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. The outer bays contain sash window
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s. Originally, at least, the interior consisted of six sets of rooms, each containing a sitting room, bedroom and pantry, on two floors.[''Parliamentary Papers'', Volume 79 (1908), p. 336]
The building was constructed under the terms of the will
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of local landowner John Shireburn (d. 1726), who wanted built "a good almshouse on his estate at Stydd for five poor persons to live separately therein".[''50 Gems of Lancashire: The History & Heritage of the Most Iconic Places'', Robert Nicholls (2019) ]
In 1990, the building was restored and converted into four flats
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, administered by the Eaves Brook Housing Association, part of the Manchester and District Housing Association.[
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References
Sources
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See also
* Listed buildings in Ribchester
External links
View from the road
– Google Street View, May 2011
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Grade II* listed buildings in Lancashire
Buildings and structures in Ribchester
1728 establishments in England