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The building, in 2009

Easby Hospital is a historic building in Easby, Richmondshire, a village near Richmond, North Yorkshire, in England.

The almshouse was founded in 1732 by the Reverend William Smith, with an endowment of £12. It housed four poor people, and in Smith's instructions to his heirs, he ordered that two of the rooms should in future be used to house a schoolteacher. In 1818, the building was modified to house only two people. In the 20th century, it was converted into a single house. The building was grade II listed in 1969.

The building is in stone on a chamfered plinth, with chamfered rusticated quoins a moulded cornice, and a stone slate roof with stone copings and shaped kneelers. There is a single storey and four bays. The doorways have stone surrounds, and the windows have two lights and flat-faced mullions. In the centre is a panel in an architrave, with an inscription and the date.

See also

References

  1. A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. London: Victoria County History. 1914. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  2. ^ Historic England. "Almshouses, Easby (1318261)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  3. Grenville, Jane; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2023) . Yorkshire: The North Riding. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-25903-2.

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