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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 35 NW 712 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | ST THOMAS' HOSPITAL ALMSHOUSES |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1392 to 1866
| Grid Reference: | TR 32801 58039 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR35NW |
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| Parish: | SANDWICH, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SITE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1392 AD to 1866 AD)
Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5275 MOAT SOLE (West Side)
St Thomas' Hospital Almshouses [Nos I to 11 (consec)] TR 3258 1/79A
II GV
2. Founded in 1392 rebuilt in mid C19. These almshouses, set back from the roadway, are composed of a central block containing a fine Gothic window in 2 lights with 6-foil tracery circle, 2 lancets on ground floor. Between the centre block are 2 single ranges with 2 storey blocks either end. Gothic mid C19 all in random rubble and dressed quoins with slated roofs. Each gable has a heavy carved barge board.
St Thomas' Hospital Almshouses and Gateway form a group.
Listing NGR: TR3289758140
English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
by David Knowles, R Neville Hadcock, 1971, Medieval religious houses in England and Wales (Bibliographic reference). SKE6370.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. |
| --- | Bibliographic reference: by David Knowles, R Neville Hadcock. 1971. Medieval religious houses in England and Wales. |
