Shrewsbury Hospital refers to a row of almshouses and a chapel in

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, England.

History

When he died in 1616,

Gilbert Talbot, 13th Earl of Shrewsbury Gilbert Talbot, 13th Earl of Shrewsbury (11 January 1672 – 22 July 1743) was an English Jesuit priest, nobleman, and peer, also known as Father Grey. The eldest son of Gilbert Talbot, second son of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury (1601–165 ...

declared in his will that he wanted to found a "hospital" i.e almshouses "at Sheffield for the perpetual maintenance of 20 poor persons." The home for the 20 poor people was built near

Sheffield Castle Sheffield Castle was a castle in Sheffield, England, constructed at the confluence of the River Sheaf and the River Don, possibly on the site of a former Anglo-Saxon long house, and dominating the early town. A motte and bailey castle had been ...

and completed in 1666. The original almshouses became dilapidated and in the early 19th century a new site on Norfolk Road was chosen for the almshouses: new almshouses were designed by Woodhead & Hurst in the

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and built between 1825 and 1828.

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* {{SheffieldStructures Buildings and structures completed in 1672 Hospital buildings completed in the 17th century Hospital buildings completed in 1827 Hospitals in Sheffield 1627 establishments in England Grade II listed buildings in Sheffield