Building record MLI30425 - The Old Bede Houses, Honington Road, Barkston
Summary
Almshouses originally built in 1640 but rebuilt in 1839.
Type and Period (2)
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Full Description
Almshouses marked on the Ordnance Survey map. {1}
The Old Bede Houses, also known as Hickson's Almshouses, were originally built in about 1640 for 6 poor people with money from a bequest by Richard Hickson. The six bedehouses were rebuilt in 1839 in Belton Estate style. They were converted to three dwellings in about 1970 and are still almshouses (2002) for local people over 60 years of age and with genuine need. {2}{3}
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SLI3659 Map: OS. 1956. OS 6 INCH SERIES. SK 94 SW.
- <2> SLI9009 Bibliographic Reference: Linda Crust. 2002. Lincolnshire Almshouses: Nine Centuries of Charitable Housing. p.28.
- <3> SLI1062 Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.116.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 93252 41640 (11m by 29m) |
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Civil Parish | BARKSTON, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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