2-320-731 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Lord Leycester Hospital, Warwick, 1924-1926. Formerly the headquarters of the United Guilds of Warwick, these medieval buildings were acquired by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester who, in 1571 under a charter granted by Queen Elizabeth I, founded a hospital for aged or disabled soldiers and their wives on the site. A photo from Hutchinson's Britain Beautiful, edited by Walter Hutchinson, Volume 4, 1924-1926.