Continuing my series of photographs from Chepstow and remembering my Almshouses post from a couple of weeks ago, I thought I’d blog the Chepstow almshouses this morning.
To the best of my knowledge the two sets of almshouses I’ll blog here today are the only almshouses in Chepstow. I want to start with this magnificent building; the Powis Almshouses.
The town council web has this building erected n 1721, but the plaque built into the outer wall disagrees.
A little hard to read, the plaque says:
This alms house was erected and endowed anno dom 1716 by the sole charity of Thomas Powis late of Enfield in the county of Middlesex vintner a native of this town for the reception and maintenance of six poor men and six poor women inhabitants of this town and parish for ever.
Whatever the truth of the construction, the Powis Almshouses are truly magnificent and the more recent of the Chepstow almshouses.
EllieGant
Pro 
They are beautiful buildings - what are they used for now?