Built for George Willoughby | Year built 1685 | |
Location Cossall, Nottinghamshire, England | ||
The Willoughby Almshouses were erected in 1685 in Cossall, Nottingham.
These were originally for "4 single poor men over 60 years of age and 4 single poor women over 55 years of age".
There was an endowment of a farm at Roston and local land rents to give the residents a pension of £10 per year and a new grey cloth gown worth 3d per yard every 2 years, and 5 shillings worth of coal yearly.
The charity which supports the almshouses, Charity 214252, is still administered by Lord Middleton, the descendents of George Willoughby.
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