Stuart Court almshouses in Recorder Road
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Stuart Court almshouses in Recorder Road
Image: © Evelyn Simak Taken: 23 May 2018
This Grade 2 listed group of almshouses was built in 1914 of red brick with a pantile roof. The compound is set back from the street line and has projecting wings turning outwards towards the street. The central bay has stepped Dutch gables with a memorial tablet to James Stuart > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5784901 in the centre bay. James Stuart MA (1843-1913) was awarded an Honorary LL.D by St Andrews University in 1876, and he served as Rector of the University from 1898 to 1901. He was also a Privy Councillor and lived at Carrow Abbey, where he died. He was married to the eldest daughter of JJ Colman, Laura Elizabeth (1859-1920), and from 1898 took over management of the firm. The James Stuart Memorial Garden is across the road from here > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5784915.
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