Robinson Almshouses
The Robinson Almshouses are a historic building in Burneston, a village in North Yorkshire in England.
The almshouses were constructed in 1680, with an endowment from Matthew Robinson, the local vicar. In 1688, he founded a grammar school, with the schoolroom attached to the almshouses. The almshouses were later converted into two cottages.[1] The building was grade II* listed in 1966.[2] It became vacant in the early 21st century. In 2022, it was remodelled to form two refurbished houses, and a new one-bedroom house, while the nearby former headmaster's house was extended to produce a four-bedroom property.[3]
The building is constructed of stone and red brick on a coped stone plinth, with stone dressings, quoins, and a Welsh slate roof with stone copings and shaped kneelers. There are two storeys and seven bays. The two doorways have quoined surrounds and four-centred arched lintels, and above each is a tablet with a moulded surround, one with an inscription and the date, and the other with a coat of arms, over which is an elliptical window in a square surround. The other windows are mullioned and contain casements. Over the ground floor windows are segmental or triangular pediments, and to the right is a stone sundial with an inscription. In the gable ends are windows with four circular lights in a square surround.[2][4]
See also
References
- ^ A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. London: Victoria County History. 1914. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ a b Historic England. "The Almshouses (1293993)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ White, Andrew (20 April 2022). "North Yorkshire village has new homes after refurbishment". Northern Echo. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ Grenville, Jane; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2023) [1966]. Yorkshire: The North Riding. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-25903-2.