Listed Building record MDR827 - Okeover Almshouses, Okeover Lane, Mapleton

Okeover Almshouses, Okeover Lane, Mapleton, built c1727. '(SK 16494810) Okeover Almshouses (NAT).' (1) 'In 1727 Rowland Okeover gave lands to trustees for the building of three houses at Mapleton for clergymen's widows.' (2) Okeover Almshouses (3) or Clergymen's Widows' Almshouses (4) is a fine 18th century brick building with ashlar dressings. It consists of two storeys and five bays with a central pediment and doorway of Gibbs type. Grade 2*. (3, 4) From the National Heritage List for England: 'SK 14 NE PARISH OF MAPLETON OKEOVER LANE 7/47 (South Side) 13.9.1967 Okeover Almshouses GV II* Almshouses. 1727-30. Brick with sandstone dressings. Plain tile hipped roof with two brick ridge stacks. Two storeys. North elevation of five bays, the centre bay advanced beneath a pediment and with rusticated angle pilasters. Stone eaves band and cornice and rusticated quoins. Central window (formerly a doorway) with Gibbs surround. Glazing bar sash. Flanked on each side by two windows with moulded architraves and glazing bar sashes. Five similar but smaller, windows above but with the glazing bars altered. South elevation of six bays, the centre two advanced. The ground floor with six glazing bar sashes with moulded stone architraves. Six similar, but smaller, windows above. Listing NGR: SK1649048097.' (5)