Former names St Mary’s Almshouses Completed 1867 Architectural style Vernacular architecture Architect W H Woodman | Type Almshouses Status Listed building Floor count 2 | |
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Address Almshouses, Castle Street
Reading
Berkshire
United Kingdom
RG1 7SS | ||
Vachel Almshouses is a terrace of almshouses in the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire.
History
In 1634 almshouses were built in St Mary's Butts, which were called 'St Mary’s Almshouses'. The almshouses were built by Thomas Vachel. A plaque fixed on the building reads:
They were demolished in 1867 and replaced with new buildings at a new location in Castle Hill, with money coming from the sale of the land. The new almshouses were renamed Vachel Almshouses after Thomas Vachel. They were designed by architect William Henry Woodman. The Almshouses were modernised in 1960-62.
References
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