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Faversham Almshouses are Grade II listed Almshouses in Faversham, Kent. ==History== Almshouses for six widows were founded and endowed by Thomas Mendfield in 1614. In 1721 Thomas Napleton founded and endowed houses for six men.〔Samuel Lewis: ''A topographical dictionary of England'', 1840.〕 In 1840, Henry Wreight, local solicitor and former Mayor of Faversham, gave a bequest which enabled the rebuilding of the almshouses on a grand scale. The architects were Hooker and Wheeler of Brenchley, Kent and the rebuilding was complete by 1863. The builder was G W Chinnock Bros of Southampton. The accommodation was modernised in 1982 at a cost of £1,000,000 (£}} as of ). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Faversham Almshouses」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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