2012

TR1557 : John Smith's Hospital

taken 12 years ago, near to Canterbury, Kent, England

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John Smith's Hospital
John Smith's Hospital
Grade II listed. LinkExternal link
Listed Buildings and Structures

Listed buildings and structures are officially designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural significance. There are over half a million listed structures in the United Kingdom, covered by around 375,000 listings.
Listed status is more commonly associated with buildings or groups of buildings, however it can cover many other structures, including bridges, headstones, steps, ponds, monuments, walls, phone boxes, wrecks, parks, and heritage sites, and in more recent times a road crossing (Abbey Road) and graffiti art (Banksy 'Spy-booth') have been included.

In England and Wales there are three main listing designations;
Grade I (2.5%) - exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important.
Grade II* (5.5%) - particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Grade II (92%) - nationally important and of special interest.

There are also locally listed structures (at the discretion of local authorities) using A, B and C designations.

In Scotland three classifications are also used but the criteria are different. There are around 47,500 Listed buildings.
Category A (8%)- generally equivalent to Grade I and II* in England and Wales
Category B (51%)- this appears generally to cover the ground of Grade II, recognising national importance.
Category C (41%)- buildings of local importance, probably with some overlap with English Grade II.

In Northern Ireland the criteria are similar to Scotland, but the classifications are:
Grade A (2.3%)
Grade B+ (4.7%)
Grade B (93%)

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Almshouses

Almshouses are charitable housing provided to enable people (typically elderly people who can no longer work to earn enough to pay rent) to live in a particular community. They are often targeted at the poor of a locality, at those from certain forms of previous employment, or their widows, and are generally maintained by a charity or the trustees of a bequest.
Alms are, money or services donated to support the poor and indigent. Almshouses were established from the 10th century in Britain, to provide a place of residence for poor, old and distressed folk. The first recorded almshouse was founded in York by King Athelstan; the oldest still in existence is the Hospital of St. Cross in Winchester, dating to about 1132. In the Middle Ages, the majority of European hospitals functioned as almshouses.
An incomplete list of British Almshouses can be found at LinkExternal link

John Smith's Hospital

This hospital, or almshouses, is easily dated as both east and west gables have the ironwork figures of ‘1657’ fixed on them. The brickwork which is English bond, that is a line of headers and then a line of stretchers, is typical of brickwork of this early date. The Dutch gables are another feature of this period.
It is said that John and Anne Smith endowed these almshouses and other almshouses in the city in gratitude for the birth of a child after 20 childless years of marriage. The Smiths were not resident in Canterbury but owned the manor of Barton Court, the area surrounding the almshouses.
Originally, the almshouses, designed to house four poor men and four poor women, had front doors opening into small front gardens but within the last 40 years a pavement has been built and the gardens were lost and now access to the houses is by doors at the rear. Apart from this change the front of the almshouses probably look as they did when built over 350 years ago. Rear extensions have been added and the houses now only accommodate four residents.
Grade II listed. LinkExternal link


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TR1557, 1354 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 7 January, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 25 April, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TR 1575 5767 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:16.6384N 1:5.5211E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TR 1575 5769
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SOUTH (about 180 degrees)
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