Building record MLI40342 - Almshouses, Turnor Square, Wragby

Summary

Late 17th century almshouses, some of which have been converted into a modern paper shop, club and café.

Type and Period (4)

  • (Post Medieval - 1697 AD to 1839 AD)
  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1840 AD to 2050 AD)
  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1840 AD? to 2050 AD)
  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1840 AD? to 2050 AD)

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Full Description

Late 17th century almshouses, located in Turnor Square, Wragby. The Square contains an inscription and armorial sculpture. Some of the almhouses were incorporated into a modern paper shop, club and café. The buildings have exposed timbers and large brick chimneys on the upper floors. Turnor Square is north-east of a 16th to 17th century (or earlier) hall(?) and on the north side of the Market Place, the 'Adam and Eve' public house has structural timbers downstairs which suggest a 17th century date. {1} In 1697 Sir Edmund Turnor founded a chapel and almshouses for twelve widows. The houses were rebuilt in 1840 in a Gothic style. They continue to function as almshouses. {2} Ten almshouses built in 1840 from stock brick with some red brick patching and limestone ashlar dressings. They have slate roofs with stone coped gables and kneelers. For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. {3}

Sources/Archives (3)

  •  Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 17 NW: N.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Linda Crust. 2002. Lincolnshire Almshouses: Nine Centuries of Charitable Housing. p.44.
  •  Index: Department of the Environment. 1986. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 4/60.

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Location

Grid reference Centred TF 13324 78035 (42m by 38m) (2 map features)
Civil Parish WRAGBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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