Almshouses, Rugby Road, Dunchurch

Newcombe and Spier Alms Houses, Dunchurch, 2018.

Image courtesy of Newcombe and Spier Alms Houses Trust

Description of this historic site

A row of almshouses, houses that were built for poor people to live during the Post Medieval period. They are situated on Rugby Road, Dunchurch.

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Notes about this historic site

1 Thomas Newcomb the younger, gave by his last Will, dated March 2nd 1690, 600 pounds for the building of an almshouse, and the maintenance of six poor men or widows. The almshouse was built for 150 guineas in 1693.
2 The almshouses were built in 1693. They were entirely rebuilt in 1818 in brick.
3 They were extended in 1949. There are six adjoining units, two storey, six doorways with stone voussoir mouldings. The four outermost doorways have covered porch entrances of brick.
4 There are six identical ground floor windows, six second storey windows with stone voussoir mouldings. There are two central double chimney stacks, two single stacks at either end.