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Bond's Hospital is an
almshouse An almshouse (also known as a bede-house, poorhouse, or hospital) was charitable housing provided to people in a particular community, especially during the medieval era. They were often targeted at the poor of a locality, at those from certain ...
in
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, England, established for old
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.
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, ''Missing Keys To The Past ,''18 August 1947 It is a Grade II*
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. It was built in 1506 on Hill Street, around the same
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as the old disused buildings of
Bablake School Bablake School is a co-educational Independent school (United Kingdom), independent day school located in Coventry, England and founded in 1344 by Isabella of France, widow of Edward II of England, Edward II, making it List of the oldest scho ...
. Parts have been revised and rebuilt since but it retains many original features. It is still operated as charitable housing.


History

The hospital was founded in 1506 by Thomas Bond, a
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who became Mayor of Coventry in 1497. He left money in his will for "the sustenance of ten poor men, and of a woman who was to attend to their necessities". They were required to attend church services three times a day and pray for the founder and the Trinity Gild. His son tried to take some of the lands given to the charity and was sued. In 1610 the crown took the land which was bought back by the city. Although most of the street frontage was rebuilt in 1832, the west end bay rebuilt in 1834, and the back wing extended in 1847, the building essentially still retains all its original features.Fox (1957), pp. 191–2. Four flats were added in the 1970s and 31 two-bedroom flats in 2004.
Ford's Hospital Ford's Hospital, Coventry, traditionally known as Grey Friars Hospital, is a grade I listed 16th century half-timbered almshouse in Greyfriars Lane, Coventry. It was founded by the merchant William Ford (or perhaps 'Fourd') in 1509 to provide a ...
was a similar 16th century foundation for women almoners. The ownership and operation of Bonds Hospital is now vested in the Bond's and Ford's Hospital Charity, part of the Coventry Church Municipal Charities.


Architecture

It is a
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building with brick infilling, and a tiled roof with
bargeboard Bargeboard (probably from Medieval Latin ''bargus'', or ''barcus'', a scaffold, and not from the now obsolete synonym "vergeboard") or rake fascia is a board fastened to each projecting gable of a roof to give it strength and protection, and to ...
s. It consists of twelve bed-sitting rooms and a common room, and the garden at its rear contains a portion of the old
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.


See also

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Grade II* listed buildings in Coventry There are 24 Grade II* listed buildings in the City of Coventry. In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a building or structure of special historical or architectural importance. These buildings are legally protected from demolition, as w ...


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References

* Buildings and structures in Coventry English medieval hospitals and almshouses 1506 establishments in England Hospitals established in the 16th century Bond's Hospital, Coventry Bond's Hospital, Coventry Almshouses in England {{authority control