Frances Longden Almshouses

Frances Longden Almshouses
Location Bramcote, Nottinghamshire, England
Coordinates 52°55′58.3″N 1°14′41.74″W / 52.932861°N 1.2449278°W / 52.932861; -1.2449278Coordinates: 52°55′58.3″N 1°14′41.74″W / 52.932861°N 1.2449278°W / 52.932861; -1.2449278
Built 1852
Restored 1984
Restored by Broxtowe Borough Council
Listed Building – Grade II
Location of Frances Longden Almshouses in Nottinghamshire

The Frances Jane Longden Almshouses were erected in 1852 in Bramcote, Nottinghamshire, for 4 poor women.[1]

The patron was Frances Jane Longden, the sister of John Sherwin Gregory of Bramcote Manor. She endowed the almshouses to provide accommodation for four poor women of the parish who were to receive two shillings weekly and two tons of coal each year. The datestone is located just off centre of the building with the wording “Almshouses erected by Frances Jane Longden 1852”[2]

The almshouses are situated at the top of Cow Lane, Bramcote.

Nottingham Community Housing Association assumed ownership in 2007, and the independent charity 244900 which had formerly managed the housing was closed.

References

  1. White's Directory of Nottinghamshire 1853
  2. English Heritage Listing Description.
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