View of the small outer quadrangle of the Hospital of St Cross, with the Hundred Men's Hall on the left and the outer gate on the right.
The Hospital of St Cross and Almshouse of Noble Poverty is a medieval almshouse in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It has been described as "England's oldest and most perfect almshouse". Most of the buildings and grounds are open to the public at certain is a Grade I listed building. The building is constructed of stone and surrounds two quadrangles. The smaller Outer Quadrangle to the north consists of: the outer gate (16th century); the brewhouse (14th century); from the 15th century, the guest wing, kitchen (which had to produce food for thirteen poor men and 100 men at the gates); the porter's lodge and the three-storey Beaufort Tower of c. 1450. This has three niches above the arch, one of which still contains the weathered statue of Cardinal Beaufort, who was Bishop of Winchester, and the tower and spaces above the porter's lodge used to be the Master's lodging.
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Location: The Hosipal of St Cross & Almshouse of Noble Poverty, St Cross Road, Winchester SO23 9SD
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
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