Trinity Almshouses Trinity Hospital

The Trinity Almshouses, also known as Trinity Hospital, were initially founded in 1379 by Agnes Bottenham and substantially rebuilt in 1702. The building is two storeys and an attic, constructed of brick with a projecting plinth and splayed stone capping. Stone quoins are prominent, and a stone band runs along the first floor level. The eaves feature a wooden moulded cornice with modillions, topped by a steeply pitched roof covered in old tile, with two tall, symmetrical chimney stacks. There are two hipped dormer windows with lattice-leaded casements and tile-hung cheeks.

The front façade has six windows and a central panel containing a sundial on the first floor, and six windows and a central door on the ground floor. Most windows are two-light stone mullioned windows with stone architrave surrounds, though the windows flanking the doorway are single-light and similar in style. The central double doors are flush-panelled and set within a stone architrave surround with a plain frieze, a small moulded cornice, and a curved broken pediment above. The stone band at the first floor level sweeps up to meet the pediment, and the surrounding panel for the sundial matches the height of the first-floor windows with its own bolection architrave surround. The doorway opens into a paved loggia with three arches supported by stone Doric columns, with seats arranged along the walls.

Behind the main building lies a courtyard, also two storeys and an attic, constructed with a projecting brick plinth, a stone band at the first floor level, a coved and moulded eaves cornice, and an old tile roof. Two four-light mullioned and transomed windows illuminate the Board Room on the first floor, and the courtyard sides have six windows on the first floor. The ground floor features four windows and two doorways in the corners. The wide doorways possess heavy moulded frames and flat three-centred arches. Inside, contemporary oak staircases and panelled oak doors are present.

The Chapel, located opposite the loggia, has a small bracketed pediment and a wooden clock turret atop the roof, featuring a bracketed cornice, a concave hipped leaded roof, and a flat octagonal finial with curved facets. The central doorway features six panels within a bolection moulded surround with pilasters, a plain frieze, a small moulded cornice broken by carved scroll brackets, and a curved broken pediment with a central cartouche. This doorway is flanked by tall, narrow arched leaded windows with moulded architrave surrounds and key blocks. The interior of the chapel retains a contemporary screen and panelled pews, supported by a cornice on carved brackets. A cast lead sink and pump in the courtyard is dated 1809.

Nos 13 to 17 (odd) are part of a group with Trinity Hospital.