Theophilus Cave's Almshouses, Church Street, Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire
These almshouses were founded in 1686 by Humphrey Babington in memory of his Uncle, Theophilus Cave. They were built in 1694 and were known as the Old Men's Hospital. According to Babington's will they were meant to house "six poor widowers or bachelors to be selected from among the aged and impotent persons of good character from Barrow and Quorndon in the proportion of five from the former to one from the latter". The occupants were to be called Theophilus Cave's bedesmen. Each bedesman was issued with a blue cloak faced with white and was required to attend church every Sunday.
