Leathley Almshouses

Leathley Almshouses is a historic building in Leathley, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

The almshouses were constructed in 1769, for Ann Hitch, with four apartments flanking a school room. In the 20th century, the school closed, and the entire building has since been used as almshouses. The building was grade II listed in 1966.[1][2]

The building is constructed of gritstone with a stone slate roof. In the centre is a two-storey two-bay block flanked by single-story four-bay wings. The central doorway has a moulded surround, a pulvinated frieze and a cornice, and it is flanked by sash windows in plain surrounds. Above it is a tablet with an inscription, and a large semicircular window with a plain surround and a sill band. The wings contain doorways with fanlights, and sash windows.[2][3]

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  1. ^ History, Gazetteer and Directory of the West-Riding of Yorkshire. Sheffield: William White. 1838.
  2. ^ a b Historic England. "Almshouses, Leathley (1174454)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  3. ^ Leach, Peter; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009). Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12665-5.

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