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Founded
  
1506

Phone
  
+44 24 7655 2047

Funding
  
Non-profit Hospital

Lists
  
Hospitals in England

Number of beds
  
12

Bond's Hospital

Location
  
Hill Street, Coventry, England, United Kingdom

Emergency department
  
No Accident & Emergency

Address
  
Hill St, Coventry CV1 4AN, UK

Similar
  
Ford's Hospital, Coventry Cross, Old Grammar School - C, Holy Trinity Church - Coventry, St John the Baptist Church

Coventry bond s hospital


Bond's Hospital is an almshouse established for old bedesmen. It is situated on Hill Street, Coventry, England, built around the same courtyard as the old disused buildings of Bablake School.

The hospital was founded in 1506 by Thomas Bond, a draper who became Mayor of Coventry in 1497. Although most of the street frontage was rebuilt in 1832, the building essentially still retains all its original features, and the hospital is now a grade II* listed building. It consists of twelve bed-sitting rooms and a common room, and the garden at its rear contains a portion of the old city wall.

Ford's Hospital 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.

References

Bond's Hospital Wikipedia