Trinity Hospital [2]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 12 Sep 2020

The hospital seen from Church Walk to the south. The Hospital of the Holy Blessed Trinity was founded in 1573 by Sir William Cordell, then lord of the manor of Melford. The Hospital housed twelve 'brethren' and was built in red brick and tile to a quadrangle plan with an inner courtyard garden and an outer walled garden. In 1847 major renovations were undertaken to the building, and it was further modernized in 1964. The property continues to be administered by the Trustees of the Hospital for the benefit of the poor of Long Melford. Listed, grade I, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1036554 The courtyard garden is on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens and there is much history and detail at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1001170 The garden wall, mostly rebuilt in 1981 is listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1351825 Long Melford is a large village in Suffolk near the border with Essex, some 3 miles north of Sudbury. The village gained its name because it stretches for two and three quarter miles essentially along a single road. There is evidence of occupation from every period from the Mesolithic. The village contains two stately homes, Kentwell Hall and Melford Hall, is home to one of the largest and richest "wool churches" in East Anglia with fine flushwork, and a superb almshouse founded in 1573.

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