Bond's Hospital is an almshouse

Almshouse

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 established for old bedesmen. It is situated on Hill Street, Coventry

Coventry

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, England

England

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, built around the same courtyard

Courtyard

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 as the old disused buildings of Bablake School

Bablake School

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.

The hospital was founded in 1506 by Thomas Bond, a draper

Draper

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 who became Mayor of Coventry in 1497. Although most of the street frontage was rebuilt in 1832, the building essentially still retains all its original features, and the hospital is now a grade II* listed building. It consists of twelve bed-sitting rooms and a common room, and the garden at its rear contains a portion of the old city wall.

Ford's Hospital was a similar 16th century foundation for women almoners.

The ownership and operation of Bonds Hospital is now vested in the Bond's and Ford's Hospital Charity, part of the Coventry Church Municipal Charities.