Penrose Almshouses, Litchdon Street, Barnstaple
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Penrose Almshouses, Litchdon Street, Barnstaple
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 24 Jun 2017
Originally twenty dwellings, each for two inmates of the same sex, completed in 1627, three years after the death of the founder, John Penrose. Later repair and refurbishment includes 20th century replanning with partial conversion to flats and some features copying the original. Pevsner states that this is a remarkably attractive and ambitious early 17th century complex, and is the finest of a notable group of almshouses in Barnstaple. Grade I listed in 1951.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.076952
Longitude
-4.056554