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Rogers' Almshouses

Almshouses in North YorkshireBuildings and structures completed in 1868Buildings and structures in HarrogateGrade II listed buildings in North YorkshireUse British English from March 2025
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Rogers' Almshouses are a historic building in Harrogate, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. The twelve almshouses were commissioned by George Rogers and built on a site now known as Rogers' Square. They were designed by William Andrews and Joseph Pepper and were completed in 1868. The almshouses were refurbished in 1992, by which time there were 14 retirement homes, and in 2018 the central garden was relandscaped. In 2021, the almshouses were configured to provided 15 properties. They are available to residents of Harrogate or Bradford who are at least 60 years old. The building was grade II listed in 1975. The almshouses are built of rusticated gritstone, with a string course, a bracketed eaves course, and slate roofs with coped gables. They have two storeys, in three ranges, around a courtyard. In the centre of the main range is a four-storey clock tower, with a two-light window in the ground floor in an arched recess with a carved tympanum, and a hood mould with an inscription. Above is a bust of the founder, loop windows, gabled clock faces and a pyramidal roof. The windows are paired casements, those in the lower floor with splayed reveals, and in the upper floor with trefoil heads and gables. The doorways are recessed, with fanlights, and bracketed hoods.

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Harrogate ( HARR-ə-gət, -⁠gayt, -⁠ghit) is a spa town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town is a tourist destination and its visitor attractions include its spa waters and RHS Harlow Carr gardens. 13 miles (21 km) away from the town centre is the Yorkshire Dales National Park and the Nidderdale AONB. Harrogate grew out of two smaller settlements, High Harrogate and Low Harrogate, in the 17th century. For three consecutive years (2013–2015), polls voted the town as "the happiest place to live" in Britain.Harrogate spa water contains iron, sulphur and common salt. The town became known as 'The English Spa' in the Georgian era, after its waters were discovered in the 16th century. In the 17th and 18th centuries its 'chalybeate' waters (containing iron) were a popular health treatment, and the influx of wealthy but sickly visitors contributed significantly to the wealth of the town. Harrogate railway station and Harrogate bus station in the town centre provide transport connections. Leeds Bradford Airport is 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Harrogate. The main roads through the town are the A61, connecting Harrogate to Leeds and Ripon, and the A59, connecting the town to York and Skipton. Harrogate is also connected to Wetherby and the A1(M) by the A661, while the A658 from Bradford forms a bypass around the south of the town. Harrogate had a population of 73,576 at the 2011 UK census; the built-up area comprising Harrogate and nearby Knaresborough had a population of 89,060, while the figure for the much wider Borough of Harrogate, comprising Harrogate, Knaresborough, Ripon, as well as a number of smaller settlements and a large rural area, was 157,869.The town motto is Arx celebris fontibus, which means "a citadel famous for its springs".