User:Alan Parr/Chavasse Almshouses
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Chavasse Almshouses The Chavasse Almshouses are at 159-161 Lichfield Road in the Rushall area of Walsall in the England’s West Midlands Combined Authority.
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Across the front of the two almshouses is a stone frieze that reads To the Glory of God & in loving memory of his servants Horace Chavasse a former Vicar of this parish and Margaret Colquhoun his wife this building is erected by their daughter 1885. The houses were erected in 1886. [1] They have unusual ornate chimney stacks incorporating windows. See also List of almshouses in the United Kingdom.
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- ^ Rushall Genealogical Records & Parish Records
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