List of almshouses in the United Kingdom
The following is a list of British almshouses:
England
Berkshire
- Andrew's Almshouses, also known as the Widow's House, Speenhamland
- Westende Almshouses, Wokingham[1]
- Dixon's Almshouses, Aldermaston
- Donnington Hospital, Bucklebury & Iffley, Oxon
- Horsemoor Green almshouses, Langley Marish
- Jesus Hospital, Bray
- John Isbury's Almshouses, Lambourn
- Place's or Jacob Hardrett's Almshouses, Lambourn
- The Haven of Rest Almshouses, Maidenhead[2]
- St Mary's Almshouses, Newbury
- Pearces Almshouses, Newbury
- Old Hunt's Almshouses, Newbury
- Coxedd's Almshouses, Newbury
- Newbury Church & Almshouse Charity Almshouses, Newbury (Newtown Road & Harvest Green)
- Kimber's Almshouses, Newbury
- Raymond's Almshouses, Newbury
- Essex Wynter Almshouses, Newbury
- Mabel Luke Almshouses, Newbury
- Robinson's Almshouses, Newbury
- St Bartholomew's Hospital, also known as King John's Almshouses, Newbury
- St Peter's Almshouses, Brimpton
- Seymour Almshouses, Langley Marish
- Vachel Almshouses, Reading
Bristol
- Colstons Almshouses (built 1691)
- Dr White's Almshouse (founded 1613)
- Foster's Almshouses (founded 1482), Colston Street (former almshouses)
- Bengough's Almshouses, Horfield Road
- Haberfield House, Hotwell Road
- Hill's Almshouses (now Stoneleigh House), Jacob's Wells Road
- Merchant Taylors' Almshouses, (Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors) Merchant Street (1701)
- Merchant Venturers Almshouses (built c.1696)
- Holy Trinity Almshouses, Old Market Street
- Perry's Almshouses, Dragon Road, Winterbourne
- St Ambrose Almshouses, Park Crescent
- St Monica's Home of Rest, (Merchant Venturers Almshouses) Cote Lane (1925)
- St Nicholas's Almshouses (built 1652–1656)
Buckinghamshire
- The Almshouse Charity of Sir Ralph Verney (1st Bt d. 1696), Middle Claydon, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire (1654)
- The Bishop King's Almshouses, Worminghall (1670)
- Christ's Hospital, Buckingham
- Miss Day's Almhouses, Amersham
- Lady Dodd's Cottages, Ellesborough
- Thomas Hickman's Almshouses, Aylesbury (1695)
- Weedon's Almshouses, Chesham
- Sir William Drake's Almhouse, Amersham
- Dormer Almshouses (Hospital), Wing (1569)
- Winwood Almshouses, Quainton (1687)
- Stafford Almshouse, Shenley (1654)
- Revis Almshouses, Newport Pagnell (1755)
- Alice Carter's Almshouse, Brill (1591)
- Dormer Almshouses, Hughendon
- Finch Almshouses, Ravenstone
- Ann Hopkins Smith Almshouses, Olney (1819)
- Goodwin Almshouses, Waddesdon
- St Scholastica's Retreat, Princes Risborough (founded in 1861 at Clapton, moved to Princes Risborough 1972)
Cambridgeshire
- Burberry Homes, Buckden
- Hospital of St. Anthony and St. Eligius known as Spital House a new-build, Cambridge
- Countess of Hardwicke Almshouses, Arrington
- Jakenett's Almshouses, Cambridge
- John Street Almshouses, Cambridge (new-build)
- Jenyns House, March Almshouse and Pension Charity, March
- Kings Street Almshouses, Cambridge
- Lady Peyton's Almshouses, Isleham
- Mansfield Almshouses, Chesterton, Cambridge
- Moretons Charity Almhouses, Cottenham (built 1853)
- Parsons Almshouses, Ely
- Perse Almshouses, Cambridge
- Pilgrim's Rest Almshouses, St Ives
- South's Almshouses, Buckden (built 1850)
- St John's Almshouses, Huntingdon, (built 1847)
- Storey's Almshouses, Mount Pleasant, Cambridge
Cheshire
- Crewe Almshouses, Nantwich (built 1767)
- Dixons Almshouses, Listed buildings in Christleton
- Harriet Hope Almshouses, Crewe Almshouses, Nantwichhe
- Hospital of St Lawrence, Acton
- Lumley Place Almshouses, Grade II listed buildings in Chester (east)
- Nine Houses, Chester, Park Street, only six remain
- Tollemache Almshouses, Nantwich (built 1870)
- Widows' Almshouses, Nantwich
- Wilbraham's Almshouses, Acton (built 1613)
- Wilbraham's Almshouses, Nantwich
- Wood and Garnett Almshouses, Nantwich
- Wood and Garnett Almshouses, Willaston
- Wright's Almshouses, Nantwich (built 1638)
Cornwall
- Almshouses, St. Stephen in St. Stephen Brannel
- Buller Almshouses, Barker’s Hill, Saltash
- Earle’s Retreat, Trelawney Road, Falmouth
- Fowey Almshouses, 1 Cobb’s Well, Fowey
- Hugh Boscawen Almshouses, Tregony Hill, Tregony
- Kensey Place, Dockacre Road, Launceston
- Maids House, Quethiock
- Morval Almshouses, Morval
- Mr Lanyon’s Almshouses, Halvarras Road, Kea
- Padstow Almshouses, Middle Street, Padstow
- Poads Trust Almshouses, Menheniot
- Rashleigh Almshouses, Polmear Hill, Polmear
- Sir William Moyle’s Almshouses, Gallery Lane, St Germans
Cumbria
- St Anne's Hospital, Appleby-in-Westmorland
- Sandes Hospital Cottages in Kendal, 1663.
Derbyshire
- Chandos Pole House, Church Street, Barlborough, registered as Barlborough Hospital
- Clergy Widows' Almshouses, also known as Spalden's Almshouses, School Lane, Ashbourne
- Cooper's Almshouses, 1–11 Derby Road, Ashbourne
- London Road Almshouses, Derby
- Matthew Smiths Almshouses, Belper
- Owlfield and Pegge's Almshouses, Ashbourne
Devon
- Almshouses, New Street, Great Torrington
- Burrough's Almshouses, Church Lane, Broadclyst
- Dartmouth United Charities Almshouses, Dartmouth
- Colmer Almshouses, Ford
- Cockington Almshouses, Cockington Lane, Cockington
- Gilberd's Almshouses, Old Exeter Road, Newton Abbot (new build)
- John Greenway Gardens, Gold Street, Tiverton
- Lady Lucy Reynell's Clergy Widows' Houses, Torquay Road, Newton Abbot
- Mackrell's Almshouses, Wolborough Street, Newton Abbot
- Penrose's Almshouses, Lichdon Street, Barnstaple, built by Richard Beaple
- Robert Hayman Almshouses, East Street, Newton Abbot
- Salem Almshouses, Trinity Street, Barnstaple
- Spurways Almshouses, Park Street, Crediton
- Strange & Armory Almshouses, Bridge Plats Way, Londonderry, Bideford (new build)
Dorset
- Barnes Homes Almhouses, Blandford Forum
- Ryves Almshouses, Blandford Forum
- Daniel Taylors Almshouses, Bridport
- Dorchester Municipal Charities, Dorchester
- Tregonwell Almshouses, Milton Abbas
- Shaftesbury Municipal Almshouse Charity, Shaftesbury
- St Johns' House, Sherborne[3]
- Sir Anthony Ashley's Almshouses, Wimborne Minster
- Stretche's Almshouses, Wareham
Durham
- Durham Aged Mineworkers Homes Association Chester-le-Street[4]
- Jacob Wright Cottages, Evenwood
- William Russell Bequest, Brancepeth
- Fox Almshouses, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees
- Trinity Gardens Almshouses, Stockton-on-Tees
- St. John of God (Stitchell House), Greatham
East Sussex
- Percy and Wagner Almshouses, 1–12 Lewes Road, Hanover, Brighton
- Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames Almhouses, St Leonard's-on-Sea, Hastings
Essex
- Barfield's Almshouses, Dedham
- Barker's Almshouses, Dedham
- Dunton's Almshouses, Dedham
- John Henry Keene Memorial Homes, Chelmsford
- Shen Place Almshouses, Shenfield
- Sir William Petre Almshouses, Ingatestone
- South Weald Almshouses, South Weald
- Fuller House (The Almshouses), Church Road, Stansted Mountfitchet
Gloucestershire
- Almshouses, Great Badminton
- Christopher & Sarah Bowley's Almshouses, Tetbury
- Newlands almshouses, Newlands
- Perry & Dawes Almshouses, Wotton-under-Edge
- St Lawrence's Almshouses, Cirencester
- The Gorse Almshouses, Coleford
Hampshire
- Deane's Almshouses, Basingstoke: see Grade II* listed buildings in Basingstoke and Deane
- Forbes Almshouses, East Meon[5]
- Geffery's House, Hook
- Thorner's Charity Homes, Southampton.
- Hospital of St Cross, Winchester; Oldest Almshouse in the Country. http://hospitalofstcross.co.uk/ Founded by Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester 1136. Home for 25 elderly men, known as Brothers, under a Master. They belong to the Order of the Hospital of St Cross founded c.1132 and wear black trencher hats and robes with silver Jerusalem cross badge & the Order of Noble Poverty founded 1445 wear claret trencher hats and robes with silver cardinal's badge in memory of Cardinal Beaufort.
Herefordshire
- Coningsby Hospital
- Duppa's Almshouses, Pembridge[6]
- The Lazarus Hospital
- Lingen Hospital
- Saint Ethelbert's Hospital
- Saint Giles' Hospital
- Williams' Hospital, Hereford (built 1601)
- Prices Almshouses
- Aubrey's Almshouses
- Rudhall Almshouses, Ross-on-Wye
Hertfordshire
- Baish Almshouses, Stanstead Abbots
- Buntingford almshouses, Buntingford
- Harrison Almshouses, Ware
- Monson Almshouses, Broxbourne
- St Mary's Almshouses, Ware
- Bedford Almshouses (Harpur Trust), Bedford
- Bedford Almshouses, Watford
- Warners Almshouses, Hitchin
- Sayer Almshouses, High Street, Berkhamsted
- Skynner's Almshouses, Hitchin
- The Cloisters, Radcliffe Rd, Hitchin
- Wynn Almshouses, Baldock
Isle of Wight
- Hopsley's Almshouses, Crocker Street, Newport
Kent
- Charles Amherst Almshouses, Royal Tunbridge Wells
- Cutbush & Corrall Charity, Maidstone and Harrietsham
- Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr, Canterbury[7]
- Faversham Almshouses
- Foord Almshouses, Borstal
- French Hospital (La Providence), Rochester (founded in 1718)
- Gartley Cottages, Dartford
- Hayward's Almshouses, Rochester
- The Hospital of Sir John Hawkins, Knight, Chatham (founded in 1594)
- John & Ann Smiths's Hospital, Canterbury[8]
- Loam Court, Dartford
- Manwood Almshouses, Canterbury
- Municipal Charities of Dover
- Nuckell's Almshouse, St. Peters, Broadstairs
- The Retreat, Sevenoaks
- Richard Watts Almshouses, Rochester (founded 1579)
- St. Catherine's Hospital, Rochester (founded 1315)
- St John's Hospital, Northgate, Canterbury (1084)
- St. Thomas Almshouses, Gravesend
- Trinity Court Almshouses, Aylesford
- Twisleton Almshouses, Dartford
- Wrott and Hill Charity, Sutton-at-Hone
Lancashire
- Bank Top Almshouses, Blackburn
- Hartley Homes in Laneshawbridge, Colne
- John Brabin's Almshouses, Chipping
- Lathom House Almshouses, Lathom
- Nancy Derbyshire Almshouses, Blackburn
- Stydd Almshouses, Ribchester
- The Penny Almshouses, Lancaster
Leicestershire
- Bede House (or Maison Dieu), Burton Street founded in 1640 by Robert Hudson (created a baronet by Charles II) and remodelled in 1875, Melton Mowbray
- Lyddington Bede House (originally Bishop's Palace, sold at Reformation as town house and then became alms house – building open and run by English Heritage), Lyddington
- Powell & Welch Almshouse Charity Bitteswell
- Ravenstone Court, Coalville
- Trinity Hospital Almshouses, The Newarke, Leicester
- Wyggeston's Hospital, Leicester see William Wyggeston
Misses Moore’s Almshouses, Appleby Magna Built in 1839
Lincolnshire
- Bede Houses, Louth
- Orme Almshouses, Louth
- Bede Houses, Tattershall
- Browne's Hospital, Stamford
- Dawson's Almshouses, Grantham
- Fryer's Hospital, Stamford
- Lord Burghley's Almshouse, Stamford
- St Peter's Callis, Stamford
- Snowden's Hospital, Stamford
- Truesdale's Hospital, Stamford
- Williamson's Hospital, Stamford
- Hopkin's Hospital, Stamford
- The Spalding Town Husbands, over forty properties across the town, many new-builds, run by one charitable organisation
- Long Sutton Consolidated
Greater London
Barnet
- Jesus Hospital is a charity administering over one hundred almshouses in the Barnet area.
- Lawrence Campe Almshouses, Whetstone (built 1612)
- Leathersellers' Close, Barnet set up by the Worshipful Company of Leathersellers
- Wilbraham Almshouses, Barnet (founded 1616)
Bexley
- Styleman's Almshouses (built in 1755]
Bromley
- Free Watermen and Lightermen's Almshouses, also known as Royal Watermen's Almshouses, Beckenham Road / Penge High Street, Penge
- former Sir Robert Geffyre Almshouses, Mottingham
Camden
- Greenwoods Almshouses, Camden[9]
- St Giles in the Fields Almshouses, Covent Garden
- St Pancras Almshouses[10]
Chelsea
- Royal Chelsea Hospital, retirement & nursing home established in 1682 by Charles II for 300 veterans of the British Army
Croydon
- Whitgift Almshouses, Whitgift Foundation, Croydon
Enfield
Greenwich
- Penns Almshouses, South Street, Greenwich
- Thomas Philipot's Almshouses, Eltham
- Trinity Hospital
Hackney
- former Geffrye almshouses, Hoxton, now the Geffrye Museum
Haringey
- Drapers' Almshouses, Bruce Grove, Tottenham
- Fullers Almshouses, Wood Green
Hounslow
- Butler’s Almshouses, Byfield Road, Isleworth
- Farnell’s Almshouses, St John’s Road, Isleworth
- Hopkin Morris Homes of Rest, Strand-on-the-Green, Chiswick[11]
- Ingram’s Almshouses, Mill Plat, Isleworth
- Sermon's Almshouses, Twickenham Road, Isleworth
Kingston upon Thames
- Cleaves Almshouses, Kingston (founded in 1550)
Lambeth
Lewisham
- Merchant Taylors' Boone's Charity, Boone's Chapel built 1683
Merton
- Mary Tate's Almshouses, Mitcham
Richmond upon Thames
- Benn's Walk
- Bishop Duppa's Almshouses, Richmond (founded in 1661)
- Candler Almshouses, Twickenham
- Church Estate Almshouses, Richmond
- Hickey's Almshouses, Richmond
- Houblon's Almshouses, Richmond
- 10–18 Manning Place, Richmond. The property was built in 1993 and was purchased in 2017 by The Richmond Charities for use as almshouses.[14]
- Michel's Almshouses, Richmond (founded in 1695)
- Queen Elizabeth's Almshouses, Richmond (founded in 1600)
- Tollemache Almshouses, Ham
Southwark
- Edward Allyn's Almshouses, Old College, Dulwich
- Hopton's Almshouses, Bankside
- Draper Almshouses, Glasshill Street
Tower Hamlets
- Norton Folgate Almshouses, Spitalfields
- Trinity Green Almshouses, Mile End
Wandsworth
Westminster
- Westminster Almshouses, Rochester Row
Norfolk
- Fulmerston's Almshouses, Thetford
- Great Hospital, Norwich (founded 1249)
- Trinity Hospital, Castle Rising, King's Lynn
Northamptonshire
- Almshouses, Church Brampton (built in 1854 by Earl Spencer in memory of his parents, for six poor widows)
- Bede House, Higham Ferrers (built in 1423 by Archbishop Henry Chichele, for 12 men and one woman to look after them)
- Sawyers Almshouses, Sheep Street, Kettering (built in 1688)
- Almshouses, 1–4 Church Street, Dallington, Northampton (built in 1822 for eight people)
- Jesus Hospital, Hospital Hill (off Market Square), Rothwell (built in 1593 by Owen Ragsdale, schoolmaster of the grammar school, for 24 Almsmen and a Principal)
- Ponder's Almshouses, possibly the row of six houses on Glendon Road, opposite Ponder Street or where the bungalows on Ponder Street are now, Rothwell, Northamptonshire – 6 small tenements erected in or about 1714 by Thomas Ponder and three roods of land adjoining for poor widows of Rothwell
- Almshouses, Wellingborough Road, Rushden (built in 1883 in memory of Frederick Maitland Sartoris by his father)
- Almshouses, Titchmarsh (dating from 1756)
- former Montague Hospital, Stamford Road, Weekley (dated 1611: now a private house, used as Mr Collin's Vicarage in Keira Knightly's Film "Pride & Prejudice")
- Almshouses, Creaton (dating from 1825 and rebuilt in 1897)
Nottinghamshire
- Albert Ball Memorial Homes, Lenton, Nottingham
- Old School and Almshouses, Bunny (built in 1700)
- Almshouses, Main Street, Grove
- Almshouses, Perlethorpe cum Budby (built c. 1890)
- Almshouses, West Bridgford
- Dorothy Boot Homes, Wilford, Nottingham
- The United Charities of Abel Collin, Beeston
- The Brunts Charity, Toothill Lane/Leeming Street, Mansfield
- Frances Longden Almshouses, Bramcote
- Willoughby Almshouses, Cossall
- Sloswicke's Hospital, Churchgate, East Retford
- Holy Trinity Hospital, Hospital Road, West Retford
- Heath's Hospital, Mansfield
- Plumptre Hospital, Nottingham (founded in 1392)
- Canning Terrace, Canning Circus, Nottingham
- William Woodsend Memorial Homes, Nottingham
- Miss Cullen's Almshouses, Carrington, Nottingham
- George Wills Almshouses, Clifton, Nottingham
- Daybrook Almshouses, Arnold, Nottingham
- Mary Hardstaff Homes, Gedling, Nottingham
- Norris Almshouses, Sherwood, Nottingham
- Winnings Almshouses, Welbeck Abbey, Worksop
Oxfordshire
- Angier's Almshouses, Wallingford
- Almshouse of Robert Stiles, Wantage
- Bread & Beef Almshouses, Witney
- Castle's Almshouses, Guildenford
- Christ's Hospital, Abingdon
- Drayton Almshouses, Drayton
- Ewelme Hospital
- Geering's Alsmhouses, Harwell
- Goring Heath Almshouses, Goring Heath
- Holloway's Almshouses, Witney
- Longland Almshouses, Henley-on-Thames
- Newberry Almshouses, Henley-on-Thames
- Dr. Radcliffe's Almhouses, Steeple Aston
- Stones Court, City of Oxford
- Tomkins Almshouses, Abingdon
- Town Lands Of Wantage, Wantage
- Twitty's Almshouses, Abingdon
- Warwick Almshouses, Burford
Shropshire
- Almshouses, Sheinston Street, Much Wenlock
- Cludde Almshouses, 12 The Avenue, Wrockwardine (now private houses)
- Ercall Magna Almshouses, Shrewsbury Road, Ercall Magna
- Foxes Almshouses and Hosier's Almshouses, together managed as Hoysers in Ludlow
- Mercers' Almshouses, Shrewsbury
- Millington's Hospital, Shrewsbury, architect John Hiram Haycock
- St Leonard's, Bridgnorth
- Shrewsbury Drapers Company almshouses, Shrewsbury
- Town Almshouses, Newport
- Weston Park Almshouses, Weston Park, Weston-under-Lizard
Somerset
- Almshouses, Minehead
- Almshouses, Shepton Mallet
- Blue House, Frome
- Bridges Almshouses, Keynsham
- City of Wells Almshouses, Priest Row, Wells
- Gray's Almshouses, Taunton
- Helyar Almshouses, East Coker
- Milward Almshouses, Keynsham
- Old Almshouse, Axbridge
- Partis College, Bath
- Sexey's Hospital, Bruton
- St John's Hospital, Bath
- St Margaret's Almshouses, Taunton
- William Portman Almshouses, Staple Fitzpaine
- Woborn Almshouses, Yeovil
Staffordshire
- Almshouses, Manor Road, King's Bromley
- Ash Almshouses, also called Joliffe Almshouses, Broad Street/Compton, Leek
- Bagot Almshouses, Bagot Street, Abbot's Bromley
- Condlyffe Almshouses, Condlyffe Road, Leek
- Dr Milley's Hospital, Lichfield
- Thomas Guy's Almshouses, Tamworth
- Hospital of St John Baptist without the Barrs, Lichfield
- Sir Martin Noel's Almshouses, Mill Street, Stafford (founded in 1660)
- Walter Holdnall Almshouses, Kinver
Suffolk
- The Downs Almshouses, Stoke-by-Nayland
- Dreyer Almshouses, Bungay
- The Almshouse, Wickhambrook
- Tooley's and Smart's Almshouses, Ipswich
- The Guildhall Feoffment Trust, Bury St Edmunds
- Trinity Hospital, Long Melford
- Almshouses, Peasonhall (built as one house in C16, converted into almshouses in 1891)
Surrey
- Abbot's Hospital, Guildford
- Margaret Ogilvie Almshouses, Thorpeness
- St Mary's Almshouses, Godstone
- Whiteley Village, Walton on Thames
- Windsor Almshouses, Farnham (built 1619)
Warwickshire
- Nicholas Chamberlaine's Almshouses, Bedworth[16]
- Gramer Cottages, including James Gramer Almshouses, Mancetter Road, Mancetter
- Church Street Almshouses, Stratford-upon-Avon
- Emily Payne and Elizabeth Saunders Homes, Stratford-upon-Avon
- Mary Newlands Almshouses, Stratford-upon-Avon
- John Roberts Almshouses, Stratford-upon-Avon
- Lord Leycester Hospital, Warwick
- The Guild Cottages, Bowling Green Street, Warwick – seven almshouses founded in 1991 by the combined Thomas Oken & Nicholas Eyffler Charity
- The Almshouses, Castle Hill, Warwick – four almshouses founded in c16 by Nicholas Eyffler
- The Almshouses, Castle Hill, Warwick – six additional almshouses added to the four above, founded in c16 by Thomas Oken
- Stoneleigh Old Almshouses, Stoneleigh (founded in 1576 by Sir Thomas & Lady Alice Leigh of Stoneleigh Abbey for five unmarried men and five women)
- Widow's Charity Houses, High Street, Kenilworth (founded in 1644 for poor widows by George Denton of Warwick)
- Leamington Hastings Almshouse, Leamington Hastings (founded in 1608 for eight poor people by Humphrey Davis, schoolmaster)
- Rose Cottage, Banbury Road, Ettington, once thatched and now a private home
West Midlands
Birmingham
- Cadbury Almshouses, Mary Vale Road, Bournville
- Glovers Trust Almshouses, Chester Road, Royal Sutton Coldfield
- Harborne Parish Lands Charity, Dore House, 56a Lordswood Road, Harborne
- Harborne Parish Lands Charity, Harbourne House, Tibbetts Lane, Harborne, built 1984
- Holte & Bracebridge Almshouses, Church Road, Erdington, re-built 1930
- James Lloyd Trust, Heath Road, Bournville new build houses
- James Memorial Cottages Almshouse, Nechells Park Road, Nechells[17]
- Lench's Trust (est. 1525), Quinton
- Lench's Trust, Ravenhurst Cottages, Ravenhurst Street, Camp Hill
- Lench's Trust, Conybere Street, Highgate, Birmingham
- Rhodes Almshouses, Soho Road/Belgrave Terrace, Handsworth
- Walmley Almshouses, Royal Sutton Coldfield
Coventry
- Bond's Hospital (founded 1506 by Thomas Bond, a draper, who became Mayor of Coventry in 1497), Hill Street
- Ford's Hospital (founded 1509 by William Ford, a merchant, for six elderly people (five men & one woman)), Greyfriars Lane
- Lady Herbert's Homes (built 1935 & 1937), Lady Herbert's Gardens, Chauntry Place
Dudley
- Almshouses, Church Road, Old Swinford
- Peter Harris Almshouses, Seager's Lane, Brierley Hill
- Sedgley Almshouses, Ettymore Road, Sedgley
Sandwell
- Akrill Homes, West Bromwich
- Harbourne Parish Lands Charity, almshouses around Hales Lane and Taylors Lane, Smethwick
- Henry Mitchell Almshouses (Harborne Cottages), Coopers Lane, Smethwick
Solihull
- Davenport Homes, Knowle,
Walsall
- Chavasse Almshouses, Lichfield Road, Rushall
- Crump's Almshouses, Eldon Street
- Harper's Almshouses, 12–14 Bath Street
- Henry Boys Almshouses, Wednesbury Road/Tasker Street
- Marsh's Almshouses, Bath Road
Wolverhampton
- Rogers Almshouses, Church Gardens, Powell Street, Heath Town
- Sedgwick Almshouses, Pennwood Lane, Lower Penn
Worcestershire
- Burltons, Cookes and Sayers Almshouses, Bewdley
West Sussex
- Dyers Almshouses, Crawley (built 1939–40, 1952 and 1971)
- Sackville College, East Grinstead (built 1609)
- Humphrys Almshouses, Humphrys road, Worthing.
Wiltshire
- Hungerford Almshouses, Corsham (built 1668)
- Farley Hospital, Farley (built 1681)
- Duchess of Somerset's Hospital, Froxfield (1694, 1775 and 1813)
- Hospital of St John, Heytesbury (endowed c.1472, rebuilt 1769)
- Sir James Thynne House, Longbridge Deverill (founded 1655)
- Hospital of St John, Malmesbury (13th century)
- College of Matrons, Salisbury (founded 1682)
- Topps Almshouses, Stockton (built 1657)[18]
Yorkshire
East Yorkshire
- Almshouses, 14 College Street, Kingston-upon-Hull
- Beverley Consolidated Charity is an amalgamation of several local charities running almshouses in the town.
Historical almshouses include: Ann Routh's, Keldgate; Bede Houses, Lairgate; Charles Warton's, Minster Moorgate; Elizabeth Westoby's, Keldgate; Ellen Kennington's, Toll Gavel; Maisons de Dieu, Morton Lane; almhouses, Railway Street; William Parker's, Woodlands.
Newbuild almshouses include: Caroline Walker's, New Walkergate; Christopher Hobson Place, Kitchen Lane; Citadel Court, Wilbert Lane; Crown Mews, Hengate; David Gray Jackson's, Cartwright Lane; Eric Bielby Close, Railway Street; James Arthur Smedley's, Ladygate; Keldgate Bar, Keldgate; Leconfield Close, Keldgate; Porter Place, Trinity Lane.
- Linsdall's Hospital and Flanking Walls, Patrington
- Northumberland Almshouses, 150 Fountain Road, Kingston-upon-Hull
- The Charterhouse, Kingston upon Hull
North Yorkshire
- Beamsley Hospital, Beamsley
- Fontaines Hospital, Linton
- Lady Lumley's Almshouses, Lady Lumley's School, Thornton-le-Dale
- St John's Almshouses, Ripon
- Sir William Turner's Almshouses, Kirkleatham, Redcar
South Yorkshire
- Hollis Hospital, Sheffield
- John Eaton's Almshouses, Sheffield
- Shrewsbury Hospital, Sheffield
West Yorkshire
- Joseph Crossley's Almshouses, Halifax
- Sir Francis Crossley's Almshouses, Halifax, built by Francis Crossley
- Waterhouse Homes, Halifax
- St Leonard's Almshouses, Horbury (built 1888)
- Saltaire Almshouses, Saltaire
- Ledsham Almshouses, Ledsham [19]
- Harrison's Almshouses, Sandal, Wakefield
- Ripley Ville Almshouses, Bradford (built 1881)
York
- Ingram's Hospital (built 1630–1640)
- Our Lady's Row Almshouses, Goodramgate
- Sir Joseph Terry Almshouses, Skeldergate
Scotland
- Cowane's Hospital, Stirling (established in 1637)
Wales
- Bangor Cathedral Almshouses, Bangor, Gwynedd
- Burton Almshouses, Newport
- Monmouth Alms Houses, Monmouth
- Powis Almshouses, Chepstow, Monmouthshire
- Queen Victoria Almshouses, Newport
Northern Ireland
- Annahilt Almshouses, Annahilt, Co Down
- Gill's Almshouses, Carrickfergus
- Seaforde Almshouses, Newcastle Road, Seaforde, Co Down
- Sheils Almshouses, Carrickfergus[20]
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- "Caron's Almshouses". London Gardens Online. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- City of London Almshouses Archived 2013-04-05 at the UK Government Web Archive
- "Manning Place". Richmond Charities. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- Historic England. "St Clement Danes Holborn Estate Almshouses and Chapel (1065533)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- "Almshouses". Nicholas Chamberlaine Trusts. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- 1881 Census
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External links
- The Almshouse Association, representing independent almshouse charities throughout the United Kingdom
- Almshouses: restored historic almshouse at the Geffrye Museum
- List of English Almshouses associated with monastic institutions (from public domain text, English Monastic Life)
- Medieval Hospitals (Almshouses) of England, by Rotha Mary Clay (public domain text, including daily life, care, and the "Office at the Seclusion of a Leper")
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