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The Grade II* Listed Penny's Almshouses and Chapel which were founded in 1720 and built by the executors of William Penny's will, off Kings Street in Lancaster, Lancashire.
Two rows of six almshouses opposite each other, with a chapel at the west end and an arched entrance gateway at the east, all in sandstone, forming a courtyard. The houses are in a single storey, each with one bay, mullioned and transomed windows, and a gable with a ball finial. The chapel has a round-headed doorway, a bellcote, and a shaped gable with a ball finial.
William Penny, who lived 1646 - 1716, occupied various positions on the Town Council and was three times Mayor of Lancaster. When King Street was widened in the early 20th Century the two almshouses nearest the road were demolished, the screen wall rebuilt in its present position, the chapel shortened, and two new almshouses built next to the chapel.
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The Grade II* Listed Penny's Almshouses and Chapel which were founded in 1720 and built by the executors of William Penny's will, off Kings Street in Lancaster, Lancashire.
Two rows of six almshouses opposite each other, with a chapel at the west end and an arched entrance gateway at the east, all in sandstone, forming a courtyard. The houses are in a single storey, each with one bay, mullioned and transomed windows, and a gable with a ball finial. The chapel has a round-headed doorway, a bellcote, and a shaped gable with a ball finial.
William Penny, who lived 1646 - 1716, occupied various positions on the Town Council and was three times Mayor of Lancaster. When King Street was widened in the early 20th Century the two almshouses nearest the road were demolished, the screen wall rebuilt in its present position, the chapel shortened, and two new almshouses built next to the chapel.