Miss Cullen's Almshouses
| Miss Cullen's Almshouses | |
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| Location | Sherwood, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Coordinates | 52°58′38.5″N 1°8′58.7″W / 52.977361°N 1.149639°W |
| Built | 1882-83 |
| Built for | Elizabeth Cullen and Marianne Cullen |
| Architect | Evans and Jolley |
  Location of Miss Cullen's Almshouses in Nottinghamshire | |
Miss Cullen's Almshouses in Carrington, Nottingham, is a complex of 12 almshouses erected in 1882–83.[1] They are also known as the Cullen Memorial Homes.
The architects were Evans and Jolley. The work was supervised by William Roberts of Acacia House, Beeston, with the practical part in the hands of Mr. Ball. The sub-contractors for stone work were Mr. Bishop of Nottingham and for plastering Messrs. Clarke Bros., of Nottingham. They were paid for by Elizabeth Cullen and Marianne Cullen of Park Valley, Nottingham, in memory of their brother James Cullen, who died in 1878. The endowment provided the occupants with an income of 4s. 6d. (equivalent to £28.62 in 2023)[2] a month.[3]
The almshouses are maintained by the Miss Cullen's Almshouses Charity (217572).[4]
Following the death of Marianne in 1900, her bequest of £900 funded a new Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat, which was stationed at Bull Bay Lifeboat Station on Anglesey, Wales in 1904. At her request, the lifeboat was also named in memory of her late brother, James Cullen (ON 528).[5]
References
- ^ Robert Mellors (1914). Old Nottingham suburbs: then and now (First ed.). J. & H. Bell Ltd. ASIN B00281UK1I.
- ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ "New Almshouses for Nottingham". Nottingham Journal. England. 6 April 1883. Retrieved 23 February 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Charity overview". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
- ^ "Summary of the Meetings of the Committee". The Lifeboat. XVIII (202): 285. 1 November 1901. Retrieved 17 August 2025.