3744 x 5616 px | 31,7 x 47,5 cm | 12,5 x 18,7 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
7 juin 2011
Lieu:
High Street, Warwick, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Informations supplémentaires:
The Lord Leycester Hospital is a retirement home for ex-Servicemen in Warwick, England. The Hospital is an historic group of timber-framed buildings dating mainly from the late 14th Century clustered round the Norman gateway into Warwick with its 12th Century Chantry Chapel above it. For nearly 200 years it was the home of Warwick's medieval Guilds. In the reign of Queen Elizabeth I it became a place of retirement for old warriors and their wives. So it remains today as an independent charity providing a home for ex-Servicemen and their wives. The Hospital comprises the medieval Chapel of St James the Great, living quarters, a Guildhall and a Great Hall. Also contained within the establishment are the Master's Garden and the Museum of the Queen's Own Hussars. The Chantry Chapel of St James was built in 1126 by Roger de Newburgh, 2nd Norman Earl of Warwick. The Guildhall was built in 1450 by the 16th Earl of Warwick. The Hospital is run by the Master, a retired officer of the Armed Forces. Eight ex-servicemen and their wives are provided with flats in return for their services. A banquet held for King James I at the Great Hall put the town of Warwick into debt for ten years.