Bishop Wood'S Almshouses

These are a late 17th-century range of single-storey almshouses arranged in a U-shape, significantly restored in later centuries. The buildings are constructed of red brick with high-pitched tiled roofs. Modern doors and casement windows are set within segmental arches. Tall chimneys are positioned at intervals, and are part of the late 19th-century restoration work. A small chapel, also of red brick with stone dressings in a late 14th-century style, sits at the north-east corner. The north wing has a flat roof. A shaped gable forms the end wall of the south wing, and features a plaque commemorating the founder, Thomas Wood (1607-92), bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, as well as the restoration carried out in 1930 by H R Ross. The almshouses are part of a group that includes the stable and wall at number 162.