Rashleigh Almhouses a group of connected houses built around 1800 by William Rashleigh who was Sheriff of Cornwall in Polmear, Cornwall, England, UK
The Rashleigh Almshouses in Polmear, between Par and Fowey. The cottages were originally built around 1650 but were reconstructed by the Cornwall Buildings Preservation Trust in 1977. Almshouses are charitable housing provided to enable people (typically elderly people who can no longer work to earn enough to pay rent) to live in a particular community. They are often targeted at the poor of a locality, at those from certain forms of previous employment, or their widows, and are generally maintained by a charity or the trustees of a bequest. Almshouses — so named — are European Christian institutions. Alms are, in the Christian tradition, monies or services donated to support the poor and indigent. Almshouses were established from the 10th century in Britain, to provide a place of residence for poor, old and distressed folk
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Location: Polmear, Cornwall, England, UK
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