A view of Ford's Hospital, also known as Greyfriars Hospital, seen from Greyfriars Lane

Date:: 1920s

Location:: Ford's Hospital, Greyfriars Lane, Coventry; Show all locations

Greyfriars Hospital, Greyfriars Lane, Coventry

Reference:: OP14804

Type:: Photograph (Developing Out Paper Print)

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Description

Greyfriars or Ford's Hospital, an almshouse founded in 1509, was bombed in 1940 but restored during the 1950s.

Archival History

This photograph was withdrawn from the open Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-12 Red Box Project.

Content

This is part of the Series: RBO01/44 Early Photographic Print Collection: West Midlands; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Pitcher, Sydney Alfred

Keywords

Tudor Almshouse, Tudor Timber Framed Building