Mills Almshouses
Alms are traditionally money or services donated to support the poor.
An Almshouse is charitable housing usually provided by a charity or the trustees of a bequest to enable people (not necessarily elderly people) who cannot earn enough to pay rent to live in a particular community.
There is an important distinction between almshouses and any form of rented housing insofar as almshouse residents are not tenants of a landlord, but licensees of the administering trustees and subject to the trustees’ rules of occupancy. Almshouse licensees have no security of tenure and no right to acquire an interest in the property.
The Mills Charity is a member of The Almshouse Association
Vacancies
Sorry there are no current vacancies but if you register your details with us we can notify you of vacancies over the next year.
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We advise anyone who thinks they maybe eligible for an almshouse to also register with Gateway to home choice. www.gatewaytohomechoice.org.uk
Station Road
These are Grade 2* listed, being a fine example of building work around 1703. Each residence has one bedroom and a WC upstairs and one living room downstairs, together with a small kitchen and a wet room with shower.
Each home has its own little garden at the back; the front garden is for all the residents to enjoy and is kept tidy by a gardener. Residents must be able to look after themselves as TMC cannot provide care services. Residents pay a Weekly Maintenance Charge (“WMC”) to cover the cost of some utilities and to contribute to the management and upkeep.
Mills Crescent
In 2014 the Trustees decided to respond to the widespread need for more affordable homes, particularly for young families in need, by building a new terrace of three-bedroom houses – something of an innovation in almshouse provision – and four one-bedroom flats. Mills Crescent was completed in June 2018. These dwellings are not restricted to older residents, but offered also to younger local families who are in need at a WMC below the equivalent market rent.
Mills Piece
In April 2021 a development of six new almshouses, a block of three three-bedroomed and a block of three two- bedroomed houses were completed. These dwellings were constructed to provide accommodation for younger local families in need at a WMC below the equivalent market rent.