1 The Almshouses are built of coursed square limestone with very thin alternate courses and red sandstone dressings except two which are white. They are in two parts; the ...
Almshouses, houses which were built to house poor people during the Post Medieval period. They are situated in Birdingbury Road, Leamington Hastings. The almshouses were largely restored during the 1980s.
The almshouse in Leamington Hastings was founded by a schoolmaster called Humphrey Davis in 1608 for eight poor old people (later expanded to house ten). As you can see, the ...