Dating from 1487, the Grade II listed property is one of the remaining fragments of the medieval St Katherine’s Hospital (founded in 1232) and was built to house the leader of a group of brethren who cared for the poor and needy.
The building, now stranded in a car park, has had many lives. It was requisitioned during the Second World War as a food bank, before becoming council offices, flats and then a doctors’ surgery.
Before this project the 530-year-old timber frame at th… (View original article)