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© Mr Peter Warwick
IoE Number:
161528
Location:
BIGGIN ALMSHOUSES, QUEEN STREET (north side)
HITCHIN, NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE
Photographer:
Mr Peter Warwick
Date Photographed:
16 March 2005
Date listed:
13 April 1951
Date of last amendment:
17 June 1974
Grade
II*
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1.
5255 QUEEN STREET
(North-West Side)
Biggin Almhouses.
(Formerly listed under
Bancroft).
TL 1828 NE 3/28
TL 1829 SE 4/28
II* 13.4.51.
2.
Early C17 almhouses built in four ranges of 2 storeys round a small open
courtyard. Partly rebuilt in more modern brickwork; mich of the upper
storey is plastered. Some old brickwork in tall chimney stacks. Steep
tiled roofs with some louvred dormers. In the courtyard, a cloister is
formed by a Small Tuscan colonnade along one side. Irregular fenestration
windows of varying sizes, with leaded lights and generally with wooden
mullions end occasionally transoms.