| Faversham Almshouses | |
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| Location | Faversham, Kent, England |
| Coordinates | 51°18′53″N0°53′05″E / 51.31472°N 0.88472°E Coordinates: 51°18′53″N0°53′05″E / 51.31472°N 0.88472°E |
| Built | 1863 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
  Location of Faversham Almshouses in Kent | |
Faversham Almshouses are Grade II listed Almshouses in Faversham, Kent.
Almshouses for six widows were founded and endowed by Thomas Mendfield in 1614. [1]
In 1721 Thomas Napleton founded and endowed houses for six men. [2]
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. [1] The architects were Hooker and Wheeler of Brenchley, Kent and the rebuilding was complete by 1863. [1] The builder was G W Chinnock Bros of Southampton. [3]
The accommodation was modernised in 1982 at a cost of £1 million (about £3.56 million as of 2021).
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