Trinity House, Formerly Trinity Hospital Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 January 1950. Almshouse. 3 related planning applications.
Trinity House, Formerly Trinity Hospital Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- crooked-grate-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leicester
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 January 1950
- Type
- Almshouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Trinity House, formerly known as Trinity Hospital Almshouses, was founded in 1331 by Henry, Earl of Lancaster. The building was rebuilt in 1901 by Goodacre and Sons and is currently owned by De Montfort University. Some parts of the original structure remain, including the chapel, which dates from the late 14th century and features a double-chamfered chancel arch and four lancet windows in the chancel. The entrance hall retains one and a half bays of an arcade with depressed two-centred arches on octagonal piers, originally part of a seventeen-bay hall. There is a monument in alabaster, in poor condition, believed to be Lady Mary Hervey, who was the governess to Henry V and a benefactress of Trinity Hospital. The chapel contains 14th-century heraldic tiles.
The 1901 rebuilding is constructed of stone rubble with slate roofs. The front has pointed-arch arcading that includes tall stone mullion and transom windows with leaded panes. Two of the arches are open with a slight projection between them, featuring a sundial in the gable and a doorway with paired pilasters and a segmental open pediment. The door has a four-centred arch with carved spandrels. A bell-cote is situated on the roof. To the right is the chapel, made of stone rubble with a steep-pitched gable-end slate roof and a wooden bell-cote. To the left, following the curve of the road, is a long brick range of almshouses featuring stone-mullion windows, gables at the ends, and two-storey splayed bays.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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