Frome, The Blue House, Women's Almshouse 1949
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This is a splendid picture of the Blue House, architecturally one of the most important buildings in Frome, dating from 1728. It occupies the site of a previous alms house founded in 1461 by William Leversedge. The north and south wings housed poor women, whilst the central area was a charitable boarding school, later becoming fee-paying. The uniform for the women and boys was made from the famous blue cloth of Frome. The school closed in 1921.
An extract from Frome Photographic Memories.
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