Wright’s Almshouses
Wright's Almshouses is a terrace of six former almshouses now located on Beam Street in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. The building was originally erected at the junction of Hospital Street and London Road in 1638 by Edmund Wright, Lord Mayor of London in 1640–41, and is listed at grade II*.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: Grade II* listed building in Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Wright’s Almshouses, Nantwich”
- Address: Beam Street, Nantwich, CW5 5LZ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Crewe Almshouses and Nantwich Museum.
Crewe Almshouses
Building
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Crewe Almshouses or Crewe's Almshouses is a terrace of seven former almshouses at the end of Beam Street in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. The present building was erected in 1767 by John Crewe, later first Baron Crewe, and is listed at grade II.
Nantwich Museum
Museum
Photo: John S Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nantwich Museum is a local museum in the town of Nantwich, Cheshire, northwest England, founded in 1980. The museum is housed in the former public library, dating from 1888. Nantwich Museum is situated 1,400 feet southwest of Wright’s Almshouses.
Nantwich railway station
Railway station
Nantwich railway station serves the town of Nantwich, Cheshire, England. It is on the Crewe to Shrewsbury line 4+1⁄2 miles south west of Crewe. Opened in 1858, it was the junction for the Great Western Railway route to Wellington via Market Drayton until 1963. Nantwich railway station is situated 2,000 feet south of Wright’s Almshouses.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wybunbury and Crewe.
Wybunbury
Photo: Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wybunbury WIN-b ree or WIM-b ree is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.
Crewe
Photo: Alex Liivet, CC0.
Crewe is a medium-sized town in South Cheshire. It boasts friendly people, inexpensive hotels and eateries. It is famed for its railway connections and also as the home of Rolls Royce, though the factory is now operated by Bentley Motors.
Cholmondeston
Village
Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cholmondeston is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village lies 5 miles to the northwest of Nantwich. Cholmondeston is situated 5 miles north of Wright’s Almshouses.
Wright’s Almshouses
- Category: almshouse
- Location: Nantwich, Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.06884° or 53° 4′ 8″ northLongitude
-2.51702° or 2° 31′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C5V3F9M+G5OpenStreetMap ID
way 531900792OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q8038144
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In Other Languages
“Wright’s Almshouses” goes by many names.
- Igbo: “Ụlọ Almshouses nke Wright, Nantwich”
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