Hospital Of The Holy Trinity (Whitgift Hospital)

The Hospital of the Holy Trinity, also known as Whitgift Hospital, was founded by Archbishop Whitgift between 1580 and 1604 for the benefit of the poor and was constructed from 1596 to 1599. This two-storey building features a quadrangular plan and is made of red brick with stone dressings and tiled roofs. The front facade has a symmetrical arrangement of stone mullioned windows, with five sets of two on each floor. The ground floor windows have drip-moulds, and the end sections are topped with gables that have stone capping.

At the center of the building is a three-storey gatehouse capped with stone, featuring a round-arched doorway flanked by pilasters and an entablature inscribed with the motto "Qui dat pauperi non indigebit" beneath a broken pediment that encloses a shield bearing the Arms of the City of Canterbury. Above the two first-floor windows, there is a panel with a mitre in relief, and the second floor has two single-light stone windows. The gables display blue brick diaper work and initials.

The George Street front is ungabled and has similar stone mullioned windows. The courtyard mirrors this design but includes doors leading to the apartments. The North End gatehouse features a four-centred archway with a window above on each floor and a clock in the gable. The east side gatehouse is similar but has a Georgian sash window on the first floor, with a raised drip-mould in the center enclosing a mitre, and a plain gable.

The almshouses underwent extensive restoration in 1860 by architect William Butterfield, which included the upper parts of the North End front and the chimneystacks. The interiors contain decorative panelling, and the chapel located in the northeast corner features a three-light Gothic window with a traceried head, gifted by a citizen of York in 1597, along with panelling from 1640.