St Anne's Almshouses, Ripon, North Yorkshire

These almshouses were built in 1869. They were funded and built by members of the Greenwood family. They are built in the gardens of the medieval Maison Dieu of St Anne. This consisted of a chapel founded in c1100 and 8 almshouses for women.

Location

North Yorkshire Ripon

Period

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

Tags

almshouse poor charity philanthropy Victorian (1837 - 1901)