Faversham Almshouses

Faversham Almshouses
Location	Faversham, Kent, England
Coordinates	51°18′53″N0°53′05″E / 51.31472°N 0.88472°E / 51.31472; 0.88472
Built	1863
Listed Building – Grade II
Location of Faversham Almshouses in Kent

Faversham Almshouses are Grade II-listed almshouses in Faversham, Kent. They are operated by the trustees of Faversham Municipal Charities. ^[1]

History

Almshouses for six widows were founded and endowed by Thomas Mendfield in 1614. ^[2]

In 1721 Thomas Napleton founded and endowed houses for six men. ^[3]

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. ^[2] The architects were Hooker and Wheeler of Brenchley, Kent and the rebuilding was complete by 1863. ^[2] The builder was G W Chinnock Bros of Southampton. ^[4]

The accommodation was modernised in 1982 at a cost of £1 million (about £4.46 million as of 2023).

List of chaplains

• J. H. Talbot 1867–1870
• William Francis Hobson 1870–1881 ^[5]
• Henry Eldridge Curtis 1881 ^[6] –????
• Joseph Henry Miles 1922–1930
• Canon Tony Oehring

References

1. "The Faversham Almshouses & Faversham Municipal Charities". www.favershamalmshouses.org. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
2. "History". Faversham Almshouses. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
3. Samuel Lewis: A topographical dictionary of England, 1840.
4. Historic England. "Almshouses (numbers 1 to 30 and the chapel) (1069408)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 7 June 2021.
5. Catherine W. Reilly: Mid-Victorian poetry, 1860–1879: an annotated bibliography
6. H. G. Dickson: The Churchman's Annual and Popular Handbook for 1882