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John Waldron Chapel and Greenway Gardens Open Day Tiverton Almshouse Trust
Heritage Open Day: John Waldron Chapel is a unique Chapel in the centre of Tiverton built in the 1500s. Visitors are invited to come along and join us to see inside the Chapel and to get an insight into its history On the outside of the chapel, Waldron wrote that to give to the poor is an act of praise of God. By deed poll of 1577, he directed the distribution of a weekly pension among the eight most needy local people in the town and provided the Almshouses for them to live in. He also paid for the shrouds for their burial. The inscription under the gallery reads 'Depart thy goods whyl thou has tyme, After thye deathe, they are not thyne. God save Queen Elizabeth'. John Waldron died before the almshouses were finished and his widow, Richord, finished off the project. The chapel which measures 15 square feet is not only an architectural gem but also a place of worship used by residents of Greenway Gardens. It was restored by Tiverton Almshouse Trust in 1990 and 2021.
Friday 12 September
John Waldron Chapel, Wellbrook Street, Tiverton, Devon EX16 5JW
Fri 12 Sep:11am to 1pm; Free Entry.
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