The Hospital as it is today on Broad Street Stamford. It has changed very little since it was built in 1475

 Small dwellings surround its beautiful cloistered garden to the rear. They house retired people in sheltered accommodation, envied by all who visit. The front of the Hospital stands proudly on Broad Street Stamford and looks down upon a busy market area amongst what one could call the Kew Gardens of wonderful buildings.

Many windows contain stained and painted glass.

An ancient stairway leads up to the first floor.

The Hospital archives contain many ancient documents

For 500 years this was the home to 10 elderly Beadsmen with adjoining rooms for two nurses. When an old man or a nurse died their place had to be taken up within two weeks. The new resident was chosen by prominent persons, the vicar of one of the 11 churches, the Mayor or the Dean.

William Ball a local stonemason spent 36 years in the Hospital returning to his village at Kings Cliffe for regular 2 week vacations. He professed to have committed every crime except murder and was able to keep his fellow Beadsmen entertained in the long winter evenings with stories of his hectic life whilst the Beadhouse clock relentlessly ticked away the hours. An early photograph, silver on glass, sits on the mantelpiece of the Confraters sitting room shows this old gentleman looking rather smart. It was taken in 1857 to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of his baptism. He died on the 12^th March 1861 aged 104.