Faversham Almshouses

Historic site in Kent, England

Faversham Almshouses

Location| Faversham, Kent, England
Coordinates| 51°18′53″N 0°53′05″E﻿ / ﻿51.31472°N 0.88472°E﻿ / 51.31472; 0.88472
Built| 1863

Listed Building – Grade II

Location of Faversham Almshouses in Kent

Faversham Almshouses are Grade II-listed almshouses in Faversham, Kent. They are operated by the trustees of Faversham Municipal Charities.[1]

## History

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Almshouses for six widows were founded and endowed by Thomas Mendfield in 1614.[2]

In 1721 Thomas Napleton founded and endowed houses for six men.[3]

In 1840, Henry Wreight, local solicitor and former Mayor of Faversham, gave a bequest which enabled the rebuilding of the almshouses on a grand scale.[2] The architects were Hooker and Wheeler of Brenchley, Kent and the rebuilding was complete by 1863.[2] The builder was G W Chinnock Bros of Southampton.[4]

The accommodation was modernised in 1982 at a cost of £1 million (about £4.46 million as of 2024).

## List of chaplains

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* J. H. Talbot 1867–1870
* William Francis Hobson 1870–1881[5]
* Henry Eldridge Curtis 1881[6]–????
* Joseph Henry Miles 1922–1930
* Canon Tony Oehring

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2010)

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## References

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1. ^ "The Faversham Almshouses & Faversham Municipal Charities". www.favershamalmshouses.org. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
2. ^ a b c "History". Faversham Almshouses. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
3. ^ Samuel Lewis: A topographical dictionary of England, 1840.
4. ^ Historic England. "Almshouses (numbers 1 to 30 and the chapel) (1069408)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
5. ^ Catherine W. Reilly: Mid-Victorian poetry, 1860–1879: an annotated bibliography
6. ^ H. G. Dickson: The Churchman's Annual and Popular Handbook for 1882