MonoMonday Architecture

Here's my MonoMonday entry being hosted by Hobbs.

This is St John's Almshouses in Malmesbury, with an enormous arched doorway that looks too big for the building. Maybe it was reused from elsewhere. I know there have been two collapses of parts of the Abbey during its long history.

In the top archway you can see here is an inscription which reads:

Memorand that Whereas King Athelstan Did give unto the Free School within this Burrough of Malmesbury, Ten pounds and to the poor people my Almshouse at St. John’s Ten pounds to be paid Yearly by ye Alderm’ and Burgesses of ye same Borough for Ever
That now Michael Wickes Esq., late of This sd Burr and now Citizen of London hath augmented & added to ye afore sd gift Visz to ye sd Free School Ten pounds and to ye Sd.Almshouse, Ten pounds only be paid Yearly at St. John’s aforsd within this sd Burr & by his Trustees for Ever, and hath Also given to ye Minister of this Towne For ye time being 20s only by ye Year For Life to preach a sermon Yearly on ye 19th day of July and to his sd Trustees 20s by the Year beginning on ye 25th day of March
Anno Dom 1694

Today we're still building the greenhouse. Frame all done, now for the glass. Not sure it will be finished before the school run and ballet!