1841 - Cludde Almshouses, Wrockwardine, Telford, Shropshire
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The Cludde Almshouses are located in the village of Wrockwardine, in Telford, Shropshire.
Waymark Code: WMNBJH
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/07/2015
Views: 1
The Cludde Almshouses are located on The Avenue in the village of Wrockwardine, in Telford, Shropshire.
This building and is a Grade II English Listed Building (Date Listed: 8 April 1983 ; English Heritage Building ID: 362504). The registered details for this building are as follows : Dated 1841. Small range of almshouses in yellow brick with stone dressings in gothic style. Fishscale tile roof with stone coped gable ends with kneelers. Two-storeys. Three bays. Wide central projecting gable with finial and kneelers and inscription plaque over pointed arch doorway with dripmould which continues as a string course and is raised over flanking ground floor windows which have 3 gothic lights and leaded panes. Above in small gables with finials are similar 2-light windows. Brick end chimneys with pairs of square shafts.
The pair of almshouses was erected as a memorial to Edward Cludde (d. 1840) of Orleton. The houses were designed by Edward Haycock, built by Thomas Smith of Madeley, and paid for by subscriptions. Two widows were housed, and in 1895 £10 8s. from stock was distributed between them. From c. 1980 the almshouses were occupied by married couples.
Year of construction: 1841
Full inscription: THESE ALMS-HOUSES
ERECTED IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1841
AND ENDOWED FOR THE MAINTENANCE
OF TWO POOR WOMEN IN THEIR DECLINING YEARS,
ARE DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
EDWARD CLUDDE ESQUIRE
LATE OF ORLETON IN THIS PARISH,
BY HIS TENANTS AND NEIGHBOURS,
IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR RESPECT FOR A MAN
WHO WAS AN EMINENT EXAMPLE
OF PURE AND UNDEFILED RELIGION
VISITING THE FATHERLESS AND WIDOWS
IN THEIR AFFLICTION
AND KEEPING HIMSELF UNSPOTTED FROM THE WORLD
Cross-listed waymark: Not listed
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