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© Mr John Lewis
IoE Number:
382788
Location:
NUMBER 10 NEWTON'S COLLEGE, THE CLOSE (south west side)
LICHFIELD, LICHFIELD, STAFFORDSHIRE
Photographer:
Mr John Lewis
Date Photographed:
30 August 2007
Date listed:
05 February 1952
Date of last amendment:
17 June 1994
Grade
II
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LICHFIELD
SK1109NW THE CLOSE
1094-1/4/221 (South West side)
05/02/52 No.10 Newton's College
(Formerly Listed as:
THE CLOSE
Newton Buildings)
GV II
Almshouse. 1800-05. By Joseph Potter Snr of Lichfield. For
Andrew Newton. Brick with ashlar dressings and front facing;
graduated slate roof with ashlar stacks. Double-depth plan.
Classical style.
3 storeys; 2-window range facing Bird Street. Plain plinth,
platt band over ground floor and top frieze and cornice; end
pilaster strips. Windows have sills and 12-pane sashes, those
to 1st floor in round-headed recesses. Left return has
recessed left half with brick arcade to ground floor with
brick lozenge parapet, 2nd floor sill band and cornice; plain
entrance; windows to left half have rubbed brick flat arches
etc, those to left end of right half have small-paned
casements. Right return has 2nd floor blind windows. Built to
provide accommodation for the widows and single daughters of
clergymen.
(Victoria History of the County of Stafford: Greenslade M W:
Lichfield: Oxford: 1990-: P.67).