Almshouses at Sutton Cheney
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Almshouses at Sutton Cheney
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 7 Jul 2010
A row of ivy-covered almshouses, on the SE side of the churchyard. Pevsner, in the Leicestershire volume of 'The Buildings of England', says almshouses were first built here in the early 1600's, though the buildings now on the site date from the 18th century. It seems to me that in the Midland counties almshouses (sometimes known as 'bedehouses') often outlast their more substantial neighbours, to become some of the oldest dwellings in a village.
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52.600158
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-1.386052