Sir John Robinson’s Almshouses

Sir John Robinson’s Almshouses

The entrance gate to the almshouses in 2008
Location Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Coordinates 52°59′58.4″N 1°8′16.7″W / 52.999556°N 1.137972°WCoordinates: 52°59′58.4″N 1°8′16.7″W / 52.999556°N 1.137972°W
Built 1899
Built for Sir John Robinson
Architect William Herbert Higginbottom[1]
Listed Building – Grade II
Location of Sir John Robinson’s Almshouses in Nottinghamshire

The Sir John Robinson Almshouses (commonly the Daybrook Almshouses are a collection of twelve two-bedroom cottages erected in 1899 on Mansfield Road, Daybrook, Arnold, Nottingham[2]

Sir John Robinson of the Home Brewery built the almshouses and also Daybrook Laundry in memory of his son John Sandford Robinson, an amateur jockey, who died in a horse-racing accident on 21 April 1898, aged 30 years.

The Almshouses were visited by King George V on 24 June 1914.

The almshouses are managed by the Sir John Robinson Homes charity (England and Wales Registered Charity № 217941).[3]

References

  1. Nottinghamshire Guardian - Saturday 7 October 1899
  2. "Sir John Robinson’s Almshouses" (PDF). housingcare.org. Elderly Accommodation Counsel. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  3. "The Charity Commission". The Charity Commission website.