A plaque fixed on the building reads: Sr. Thomas Vachel Kt.

1634, and endow'd them with Forty Pounds p. Annum for ever for the Maintenance of Six Poor Men.

[2]They were demolished in 1867 and replaced with new buildings at a new location in Castle Street, with money coming from the sale of the land.

They were designed by architect William Henry Woodman.

[3][4] Media related to Vachel Almshouses at Wikimedia Commons