Wolverhampton
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Orphan Asylum, Wolverhampton The Wolverhampton Orphan Asylum, at Goldthorn Hill, is a noble building in the Elizabethan style, erected from designs by the late Mr. Joseph Manning, of Corsham, Wilts, at a total cost of upwards of £30,000 including an infirmary subsequently added at a cost of £1,400. The central hall is large and lofty and contains full length portraits of the founder, John Lees, esq. of Pickersgill. The Rev. Prebendary Dalton, first honorary Chaplain, by I. Archer, and W. H. Rogers esq. late Chairman of the Committee, by the same artist. In the gallery is a fine organ. An elegant fountain has been erected on the lawn in front of the building as a memorial to the late Mrs Rogers, wife of W. H. Rogers esq. About 300 children are admitted from all parts of the Kingdom. A new Chapel was erected in 1895, from designs by Mr. F. T. Beck, of this Town, at a cost of £4,000, including the organ, and consists of chancel, nave, transepts, vestry and a turret containing one bell, and will seat 400 persons.
Source: Wolverhampton Union Cottage Homes
The Cottage Homes, Wednesfield, erected in 1890 at a cost of about £16,000
for the children of the Wolverhampton Union, consists of eight homes, each for
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