Ford's Hospital, Coventry, traditionally known as Grey Friars Hospital. 16th-century half-timbered alms-house in Greyfriars Lane, Coventry. founded in 1509 to provide accommodation for six elderly people. During the Coventry Blitz, the building was hit by German bombing, It was restored with original timbers between 1951 and 1953

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Ford's Hospital, Coventry, traditionally known as Grey Friars Hospital. 16th-century half-timbered alms-house in Greyfriars Lane, Coventry. founded in 1509 to provide accommodation for six elderly people. During the Coventry Blitz, the building was hit by German bombing, It was restored with original timbers between 1951 and 1953

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