Crewe Almshouses
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: grade II listed architectural structure in Nantwich, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Crewe Almshouses, Nantwich”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wright’s Almshouses and Nantwich Museum.
Wright’s Almshouses
Building
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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*.
Nantwich Museum
Museum
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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 1,600 feet southwest of Crewe 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 2,100 feet south of Crewe 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
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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 Crewe Almshouses.
Crewe Almshouses
- Category: almshouse
- Location: Nantwich, Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.0692° or 53° 4′ 9″ northLongitude
-2.51666° or 2° 31′ westOpen location code
9C5V3F9M+M8OpenStreetMap ID
way 531900795OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q5184818
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In Other Languages
“Crewe Almshouses” goes by many names.
- Igbo: “Ụlọ Almshouses nke Crewe, Nantwich”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Crewe Almshouses”. Photo: Espresso Addict, CC BY-SA 4.0.