Lord Leycester's Hospital, the West Gate of the town and its chapel above.

            The Lord Leycester Hospital is an outstanding, internationally important collection of buildings, constructed between the 13th and the 17th centuries for a variety of disparate purposes, not least to provide a home for Warwick’s medieval guilds. The main core of the site consists of two magnificent and highly decorated 15th century timber-framed guildhalls, and the chapel they shared, as well as further ranges of medieval buildings which together formed a courtyard with a two-story open gallery.

In 1571 they were re-purposed, with little physical alteration, by Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester and favourite of Elizabeth I, in order to house a community of alms folk known as the Brethren, who consisted of ex-military men deserving of support, and their Master who oversaw the running of the foundation. As such they epitomize two key aspects of Englishness – the first is ancient buildings still in active use; and the second is an enduring commitment to civic service and philanthropy.

Today the Hospital is run by the Master, a retired officer of the Armed Forces. Eight ex-servicemen and their wives are provided with almshouses and carry out ceremonial duties and act as guides for visitors.
The Hospital is funded by visitor income, the original estates having been sold over the years. Heidi Meyer, the first woman to hold the office, was installed as the current Master in November 2017.

(Closed to the public until the summer of 2023 for restoration.)

Taken in: UK / England / Warwick District / Warwick (show map)

Taken on: February 27, 2022

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