Trinity Hospital

The Trinity Hospital is a group of almshouses founded in 1607 by Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton, and built in 1618, with alterations made in the 1850s. Constructed from coursed limestone rubble with sandstone ashlar and red brick dressings, the building features a machine-tile roof and is arranged around a square courtyard. It is a structure of one storey and an attic. The South range has two large brick ridge stacks in a multi-diamond shaft design, while the rear elevations of the East and West ranges each have three integral lateral brick stacks, and the North range has four. Verge parapets are also present.

The South (entrance) front has gables over the ends, with a raised central gable containing a circa 1857 two-light attic casement with a returned hood mould. A large round-arched entrance is set within this gable, featuring moulded jambs and imposts, flanked by circa 1857 gabled eaves-dormers with two-light casements. The front has an eight-window arrangement, the windows having chamfered stone mullions and surrounds. The rear elevation exhibits a central gable with a three-light attic casement, and a round-arched entrance with chamfered jambs and imposts. A circa 1618 timber-framed eaves-dormer is present to the left, also with a three-light casement, with a jettied gable adorned with curved V-struts. One- and two-light casements face the courtyard, also with chamfered stone mullions and surrounds; these are primarily 20th-century glazed and half-glazed with pilastered surrounds and bracketed hoods. The North range features a central boarded square cupola with a clock facing South, topped with a pyramidal plain tile cap, a globe finial, and a weathervane. A central passageway is present with a boarded door and strap hinges. The North front has a design of eight windows with cavetto-moulded brick mullions and surrounds. A central round archway, incorporating chamfered jambs and an old studded boarded door, is also visible.

Inside, the structure showcases square-panelled timber-framed cross walls and chamfered, stopped spine beams, including run-out stops. A former communal dining hall exists to the right of the front, containing some 19th-century hospital furniture and an example of the former hospital uniform. The former warden's house, adjoining the main entrance, is reported to contain a small 17th-century staircase with open strings, turned balusters, and a moulded handrail. A preserved 19th-century hospital bed remains at the rear of the building from the time of resurvey in 1984. The full name of these six almshouses is The Hospital of the Holy and Undivided Trinity and it represents a well-preserved example of courtyard-plan almshouses.