1700 - Sir John Banks Almshouses, St Faith's Street, Maidstone, UK
N 51° 16.551 E 000° 31.271
31U E 327107 N 5683419
This terrace of six alsmhouses, built in 1700, is located opposite the Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery on the south east side of St Faith's Street in Maidstone.
Waymark Code: WMRAJY
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/01/2016
Views: 1
The inscription, carved in to a stone in the centre pediment, reads:
Ao 1700
This Almshouse
was built in
pursuance of
the last will
of Sr John Banks
of Ailsford in ye
county of Kent
Baronet
The almshouses are Grade II listed with the entry at the Historic England website telling us:
Built in 1700. 2 storeys. Red brick. Hipped tiled roof. Wooden modillion eaves cornice. 12 casement windows. Pediment over the centre of the building to the width of the 4 centre window bays. Brick stringcourse. The original inscription in the central pediment is now in the Maidstone Museum and the present one is a replica. Plain batten doors.
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