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St Michael's Leper Hospital

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In 1978 the then owner of Warwick Castle renovated the chapel had plans to move the buildings to the castle site but this was never realized. The structural problems of the surviving Master's House mean that it is listed on
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On January 15, 2021, Warwick District Council announced a Compulsory Purchase Order had been served on the owner of the site of the hospital to enable the scheme to proceed.
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The two-storey "Master's" (or "Priest's") House stands furthest back from the road. It is timber-framed, although some additions have been made with bricks and concrete.
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as 'very bad'. In 2018 it was announced that after lying unused and covered up for "almost four decades" £530,000 would be allocated to the site to use it for
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A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 8: The City of Coventry and Borough of Warwick
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Structures on the Heritage at Risk register in Warwickshire
159: 157: 154: 110: 330: 197: 179: 38:in England. The hospital, which was founded by 118:"Case study 1: The Leper Hospital, Saltisford" 225:Heritage at Risk Register 2018, West Midlands 287:A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 188: 339:Structures on the Heritage at Risk register 148:Take the Timetrail with Warwickshire Museum 359:Grade II* listed buildings in Warwickshire 34:, England, and are of the last remaining 297: 17: 331: 227:(Report). Historic England. p. 49 64:Roger de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Warwick 124:. Johnston Publishing. 9 January 2008 72:Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick 284: 144:"Information for record number 1927" 354:Scheduled monuments in Warwickshire 349:Buildings and structures in Warwick 13: 14: 370: 311: 213:Our Warwickshire website article 42:in about 1135, is classified by 278: 261: 250: 96: 239: 217: 206: 150:. Warwickshire County Council. 136: 1: 165:"St Michael's Place, Warwick" 104: 298:Stephens, W.B., ed. (1969). 257:2018 Warwick Courier article 246:2008 Warwick Courier article 62:The hospital was founded by 7: 285:Page, William, ed. (1908). 28:St Michael's Leper Hospital 10: 375: 167:. British Listed Buildings 57: 52:grade II* listed buildings 318:Heritage at Risk Register 84:Heritage at Risk Register 304:Victoria County History 291:Victoria County History 26:The remaining ruins of 22:The Master's House 2007 40:Roger, Earl of Warwick 23: 323:masters+house+warwick 203:Stephens, pp. 418-427 21: 122:The Warwick Courier 68:Henry I of England 48:scheduled monument 24: 194:Stephens, pp. 533 185:Page, pp. 115-117 88:supported housing 366: 307: 294: 273: 272: 265: 259: 254: 248: 243: 237: 236: 234: 232: 221: 215: 210: 204: 201: 195: 192: 186: 183: 177: 176: 174: 172: 161: 152: 151: 140: 134: 133: 131: 129: 114: 80:Historic England 44:English Heritage 374: 373: 369: 368: 367: 365: 364: 363: 329: 328: 314: 281: 276: 267: 266: 262: 255: 251: 244: 240: 230: 228: 223: 222: 218: 211: 207: 202: 198: 193: 189: 184: 180: 170: 168: 163: 162: 155: 142: 141: 137: 127: 125: 116: 115: 111: 107: 99: 60: 12: 11: 5: 372: 362: 361: 356: 351: 346: 341: 327: 326: 313: 312:External links 310: 309: 308: 295: 280: 277: 275: 274: 260: 249: 238: 216: 205: 196: 187: 178: 153: 135: 108: 106: 103: 98: 95: 59: 56: 36:leper hospital 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 371: 360: 357: 355: 352: 350: 347: 345: 342: 340: 337: 336: 334: 325: 324: 319: 316: 315: 305: 301: 296: 292: 288: 283: 282: 270: 264: 258: 253: 247: 242: 226: 220: 214: 209: 200: 191: 182: 166: 160: 158: 149: 145: 139: 123: 119: 113: 109: 102: 94: 91: 89: 85: 81: 75: 73: 69: 65: 55: 53: 49: 45: 41: 37: 33: 29: 20: 16: 322: 299: 286: 279:Bibliography 263: 252: 241: 229:. Retrieved 219: 208: 199: 190: 181: 169:. Retrieved 147: 138: 126:. Retrieved 121: 112: 100: 97:Architecture 92: 76: 61: 27: 25: 15: 231:29 December 171:27 December 333:Categories 105:References 128:29 June 58:History 32:Warwick 46:as a 233:2018 173:2012 130:2011 82:'s 335:: 320:: 302:. 289:. 156:^ 146:. 120:. 54:. 306:. 293:. 271:. 235:. 175:. 132:.

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Warwick
leper hospital
Roger, Earl of Warwick
English Heritage
scheduled monument
grade II* listed buildings
Roger de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Warwick
Henry I of England
Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick
Historic England
Heritage at Risk Register
supported housing
"Case study 1: The Leper Hospital, Saltisford"
"Information for record number 1927"


"St Michael's Place, Warwick"
Our Warwickshire website article
Heritage at Risk Register 2018, West Midlands
2008 Warwick Courier article
2018 Warwick Courier article
"Council serves Compulsory Purchase Order on Warwick's medieval Leper Hospital"
Victoria County History
Victoria County History
Heritage at Risk Register
masters+house+warwick
Categories
Structures on the Heritage at Risk register
Structures on the Heritage at Risk register in Warwickshire

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