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TF 26 SE REVESBY THE GREEN (west side) 3/43 Joseph Banks' Almshouses 2.11.82 Nos. 3-12 (consecutive) G.V. II 10 almshouses. 1862. Red brick, ashlar dressings, slate roofs. 5 red brick ridge stacks having tall octagonal paired funnels with moulded tops. Single storey and attics, 19 bay symmetrical front having plinth and 10 ledged planked doors arranged in gabled pairs, the middle pair being advanced with moulded brick Tudor arched surrounds. Windows are 2 light cast iron latticed casements. All openings have cambered brick arches. In the roof are 4 gabled dormers having 2 light casements and slate hung cheeks. To either gable end are single canted oriels with moulded ashlar tops and bases. In the front gables are blank trilobes alternating with ashlar panels, inscribed with Banks insignia and date 1862. Over the central pair a larger tablet records the foundation of the original almshouses in 1728 by Joseph Banks,Esq., MP for Revesby. The almshouses rebuilt by J. Banks Stanhope. Listing NGR: TF2984961325

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