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Description: | To the right can be seen the base of King Alfred's Statue and beyond that the entrance to the almshouses of St John's Hospital.
The St John's rooms, in St John's House are a remodelling of the original Medieval 13th century hall of the hospital and the chapel adjoins. It is a grade I listed building and has had many uses over the centuries, including housing the city law courts at the end of the 18th century, housing a temporary museum of stuffed birds in the 19th century, between 1910 and 1914 it became the Palace Picture house and later in the century became a magistrates court and a theatre.
References:
1. Morriss, R K. (1994) The Buildings of Winchester. p. 68
2. Quick Information Index, Winchester Local Studies | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | Hampshire Library and Information Service - Hampshire County Council | Subjects: | building St John's Rooms St John's Hospital street chapel The Broadway hospital | Temporal: | start=1976-05-01; end=1976-05-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Derek Dine, Hampshire County Library | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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