Crispe Almshouses, Marshfield
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Crispe Almshouses, Marshfield
Image: © Eirian Evans Taken: 16 Feb 2011
A row of 8 almshouses and central chapel, dated "1612" - "1619", for the Crispe family at the entry into Marshfield from the west. Each of the houses originally consisted of one room with a stone spiral staircase in one corner leading to a bedroom above. Earth closets at the top of the back gardens and a well in front of No 5 served the residents until 1939, when water and sewage services were connected. An extension at the rear of the houses in 1977 provided a kitchen and bathroom/toilet downstairs and a modern staircase for each house, plus central heating.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.462447
Longitude
-2.326703