Humphrey Babington House, 24 to 32 North Street, Barrow Upon Soar (Grade II)

Alms houses, dated 1825. Founded as a women?s almshouse, extending the original bequest of Humphrey Babington, founder of Theophilus Cave?s almshouses. White brickwork in a thin gothic style. 2 storeys 5 bays. Central bay a projecting steeply pitched gable with polygonal chimneys on angles like turrets, central doorway, a pointed arch beneath a hoodmould, blocked and now a window. Above this a 2-light gothic arched window and over this, the inscription tablet and a coat of arms. Gable is parapetted and has decorative string course following the angle of the roof. This string course continues across the facade, as does parapet. Other bays contain 2-light windows in gothic style, with latticed panes and hoodmoulds. Corner buttresses and gable and chimney stacks. The building was altered in 1976, to change the accommodation internally.