1582 – Shee Alms House, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
The Shees were a wealthy merchant family in Kilkenny in the sixteenth century, much like the Rothes who built Rothe House.
The Shees were a wealthy merchant family in Kilkenny in the sixteenth century, much like the Rothes who built Rothe House.
Endowed by Sir Richard Boyle to house six old soldiers, who were to receive a pension of £5 per annum. This service was later extended to include widows.
Behind St Peter’s Church of Ireland are these attractive houses built as a refuge for widows of clergy. There are four terraces of houses,
St John’s Home is made of two ranges of buildings. Each building contains two houses of three bays and two storeys.
Reportedly designed in 1826 but not built for over a decade, the Protestant Asylum was built in 1838 by the Protestant Relief Society to provide rooms for the homeless.
A fine stone Georgian terrace of four houses with brick surrounds to the windows and doors. Constructed as almshouses for “destitute widows”
From The Building News: “THESE buildings, of which we give an illustration elsewhere, are about to be erected near the Elephant and Castle Railway Station,
The Sheils’ Institution comprised of 24 self contained almshouses built circa 1869 by Charles Sheils Almshouses Charity for poor ladies.
Design for new almshouses to be erected in Fulham, and published in The Building News, May 12th 1871.
Ten Victorian almshouses in a Gothic style, for Charles McGarel. McGarel was a slave-owner and sugar trader in the early 19th century.