This is the Nicholas Chamberlaine's Almshouses at All Saints Square in Bedworth.

Bedworth’s most beautiful buildings are the breathtaking 1840 Nicholas Chamberlaine Almshouses on All Saint’s Square in the town centre. The almshouses were built in 1840, replacing a set of almshouses founded in Chamberlaine's will, which were originally located opposite the Civic hall. The almshouse provision was established in response to the decline of the ribbon-weaving industry in the 17th century. Remarkably, the almshouses are still run as a charitable service today, though the premises are now used by the elderly.

Grade II* Listed Building

<a href="https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101035003-chamberlaines-almshouses-nuneaton-and-bedworth#.Wi1cBTdpGUk" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Chamberlaine's Almshouses</a>

Listing Text

NUNEATON AND BEDWORTH ALL SAINTS SQUARE SP38NE (East side) Bedworth 5/4 Chamberlaine's Almshouses 10/09/74 (Formerly listed as Nicholas Chamberlaine Almshouses and the Parsonage House adjoining) GV II*

Almshouses. Rebuilt 1840 by Thomas Larkin Walker for John Toon. English bond brick with blue brick plinth and sandstone dressings. Plain-tile roofs have ridge cresting and stone-coped gable parapets with kneelers. Brick ridge and end stacks have diagonally-set square shafts with moulded string courses and cornice, and embattled tops. H-plan, forming 3 sides of a courtyard. Tudor Gothic style with 4-centred arches. 2 storeys. Symmetrical. Main range of 4-1-2-1-4 bays. Central hall block is taller. Projecting gabled end bays have diagonal buttresses. Moulded Perpendicular doorway and windows with hood moulds. Right bay has doorway with Gothic-glazed double-leaf sash doors. Left bay has 2-light window. First floor has similar but smaller windows. Gables have moulded cornice, small lancet openings and heraldic beast finials. Centre has full-height 2-light windows. Cornice and parapet. End stacks. Large central whitewashed turret. Lower square stage has string course with vestigial pediment below. Diagonal buttresses with pinnacles. Clock with hood mould. Quatrefoil panel above has hood mould. Octagonal second stage has louvred openings. Ogee lead roof with finials. Cloisters have moulded arches, and lean-to roofs with stone-coped embattled parapets, rising into crow-stepped gables above- entrances to houses; stone shields have house numbers in Roman numerals. Left and right ranges have 4-bay arcades. Paired chamfered straight-headed doorways throughout; right range has blocked door. Chamfered stone cross windows with painted iron decorative glazing throughout. Ground floor has 2 pairs of windows. First floor has gable with paired windows. Parapet and stack of 4 shafts between each pair of houses, and stack of 2 shafts between individual houses throughout. Each wing is of 1-1-2-1-2-1-2 bays with 16-bay arcades. Paired doorways have late C20 doors inside. First floor has 3 gables with paired windows. 2-window return sides to square have diagonal buttresses, and central buttress to left wing. Ground floor windows have hood moulds. Gables have large Gothic carved stone panels. Left panel is inscribed 'Founded by Mr. Nicholas Chamberlaine 1715'; right panel is inscribed 'Rebuilt and Enlarged 1840'. End stacks have Gothic stone panel. To rear short wings have 2-bay arcades. Interior: Hall is plastered, with grained woodwork. Elaborate traceried screen with gallery above. Hall bay has moulded plaster arch with nook shafts. Stone Perpendicular-style fireplace with Delft tiles. Crested linenfold panelling and traceried doors. Moulded Perpendicular roof. Room to right has Gothic painted wood fireplace. (Buildings of England: Warwickshire, p89)

Listing NGR: SP3597587073

This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.

<a href="https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101365059-the-nurses-house-nuneaton-and-bedworth#.Wi1ouDdpGUk" rel="noreferrer nofollow">The Nurses House</a>

Grade II listed building

Listing Text

NUNEATON AND BEDWORTH ALL SAINTS SQUARE SP38NE (North side) Bedworth 5/3 The Nurses House 18/07/83 (Formerly listed as The Cottage) GV II

House. Mid C19. Flemish bond brick with painted stone or rendered dressings. Late C20 plain-tile roof; brick ridge and left end stacks have square shafts and moulded stone string courses and cornices, and embattled tops. 2-unit baffle entry plan. 2 storeys and basement; 3-window range. Symmetrical front. Rusticated basement has windows. C19/C20 six-panelled door has flight of stone steps. Late C20 top-hung windows, with narrower central window. All openings have chamfered, eared and shouldered architraves. Moulded cornice. Interior not inspected. Forms part of the Chamberlaine's Almshouses complex (q.v.). Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SP3591687082

This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.

<a href="https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101035002-the-parsonage-and-attached-wall-nuneaton-and-bedworth#.Wi1mGjdpGUk" rel="noreferrer nofollow">The Parsonage</a>

Grade II listed building

Listing Text

NUNEATON AND BEDWORTH ALL SAINTS SQUARE SP38NE (North side) Bedworth 5/2 The Parsonage and attached 10/09/74 wall (Formerly listed as Nicholas Chamberlaine Almshouses and the Parsonage House adjoining) GV II

Former parsonage, now flats. c.1840; right range is partly a C20 addition or reconstruction. Probably by Thomas Larkin Walker for John Toon. English bond brick with stone dressings. Old plain-tile roofs have ridge cresting and stone-coped gable parapets. Brick ridge stacks have moulded stone cornices and embattled tops. L-plan, of 2 parallel ranges. Tudor Gothic style. 2 storeys; 4-window range. Straight-headed doorway in angle has moulded Tudor arch, moulded spandrels and hood mould. 2-light mullioned window above. Moulded stone-coped parapet. Hollow-chamfered stone mullioned and transomed windows throughout; left range has hood moulds to all ground-floor windows. 3-light windows to right are lead-latticed. Gable above. Projecting left range has moulded splay plinth and string course. Right corner has cross windows to front and return side, with hood moulds to ground floor and painted iron decorative glazing. Left return side to All Saints Square of 1-1-1 bays. Gabled range on right has blue brick basement with single lights. Ground floor and centre have paired cross windows. First floor has stone canted oriel with trefoiled ogee straight-headed lights, brattished cornice and stone roof. Large stack of 4 diagonally-set square shafts. Left range has canted end and 2-light mullioned windows. Interior not inspected. Wall attached to right of entrance range has moulded stone doorway and stone coping, and is approximately 3 metres high. Forms part of the Chamberlaine's Almshouses complex (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SP3589787073

This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.

The Roanne Garden is to the left.