Sloswicke's Hospital

Sloswicke's Hospital
Location East Retford, Nottinghamshire, England
Coordinates 53°19′27.11″N 0°56′31.1″W / 53.3241972°N 0.941972°W / 53.3241972; -0.941972Coordinates: 53°19′27.11″N 0°56′31.1″W / 53.3241972°N 0.941972°W / 53.3241972; -0.941972
Built 1657
Built for Richard Sloswicke
Rebuilt 1806
Listed Building – Grade II*
Location of Sloswicke's Hospital in Nottinghamshire

Sloswicke's Hospital was erected in 1657[1] in East Retford, Nottinghamshire, England.[2]

Richard Sloswicke’s will left money to found almshouses “for the maintenance of six poore old men of good carriage and behaviour to the end of the world.” The present building dates from 1806; an additional pair of houses was added in 1819, behind the 1806 building. A further modern block containing four self-contained flats was built to the left of the 1806 building in the 1980s and the Sloswick's Trust also owns several other properties around East Retford, including a row of terraced houses on Queen Street and Hawksley House on Coronation Street, all used for the housing of old people from or with a connection to East Retford.

Sloswicke’s Almshouse Charity (229556) maintains the properties to the current day.[3]

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  1. ↑ Anna Hallett: Almshouses. Osprey Publishing, 2008
  2. ↑ English Heritage Listing Information
  3. ↑ http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithoutPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=229556&SubsidiaryNumber=0
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