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Quirke's Almshouses

The two-storey 1630 terrace in Market House Lane is constructed of rendered cob under a steep slate roof, formerly thatched, with mainly original doorways and windows. The eight houses, formerly 11, have been restored several times and bear a plaque giving the details of Quirke’s charity, a carving of a ship and the lines ‘Gods providence Is my inheritance RQ’

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University of London
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Quirke's Almshouses, Minehead