Aberford Almshouses

The Priory. I have blipped this before but it looked good in the sunshine today, what little we had.

They were built to the designs by George Fowler Jones at the instigation of the two Gascoigne sisters, Elizabeth and Mary Isabella. They had lost both their brothers, Thomas and Richard Silver and their father Richard Oliver Gascoigne in 1843 and so they had the almshouses built as a memorial. Four, two - storey residences flank a central tower and were designed to accommodate four male and four female retired estate workers. At the south end of the buildings, left, there was a chapel which was in use from 1845 until 1976. At the north end, right, there was a refectory. The almshouses were vacated by the residents in 1976 and are now converted for business use 


Its been very cold today,   
We watched the rugby this afternoon glad that Leeds Rhinos won of course but it was a close game  Leeds 17 Salford 16