Inscriptions: Parsons' Almhouses
The above inscription, high over the centre of the row of almshouses in Kybald Street (formerly Grove Place) reads:
IN FULFILLMENT OF THE CHARITABLE INTENTION OF
JOHN PARSONS ESQ
ALDERMAN OF THIS CITY WHO DIED FEB. 12 1814
THIS ALMS HOUSE FOR FOUR POOR MEN AND FOUR
POOR WOMEN WAS ERECTED AND ENDOWED IN THE YEAR 1816
As indicated by a second inscription shown below, the almshouses were taken over by University College in 1959 and new Parsons' Almshouses (designed by Thomas Rayson) were built on the east side of Stone's Almhouses in St Clement's.
