The future of an almshouse which has offered accommodation for 575 years in a town is in doubt. St Johns' House in Sherborne, Dorset, opened for retired residents in 1448.

Sherborne residents backed proposals for the future of the town’s Almshouse at the recent Open Day when Trustees and Abbey officials were on hand to talk through ambitious plans. A new collaboration ...

Experts from London have been called in to appraise 15th-century artwork from the chapel of St John's Almshouse in Sherborne. The three-panelled altar piece, known as a triptych, was removed from ...

Sherborne is a tiny, yet hugely historical town with an Abbey and not just one, ... Sitting alongside is the magnificent St. Johns Almshouse which is now home to 18 elderly residents.

Almshouses, as many charities are, are products of necessity and the consequence of inequality. Charities are not solutions to problems: they are red flags that something is systemically wrong.

Living in medieval-style almshouses could be the secret to enjoying a longer life, new U.K.-based research has suggested. A study published by researchers at Bayes Business School found that less ...

Almshouses are perhaps the most plentiful, but most overlooked, example of charity housing. This is a surprisingly unknown form of housing which is one of the oldest forms of philanthropy in the UK, ...

Trustees said spiralling costs and a drop in residents meant running the almshouse was unsustainable The future of an almshouse which has offered accommodation for 575 years in a town is in doubt ...