These fine Jacobean almshouses at Meadrow, Godalming in Surrey now provide homes for eight men and women from the Godalming area.

Their history dates back to the seventeenth century when Richard Wyatt, a London timber merchant and Master of the Carpenters’ Company in 1604, 1605 and 1616, left money in his will of 1619 to build the almshouses. They were originally intended for ten poor men from the parishes of Godalming, Puttenham, Hambledon, Compton and Dunsfold.

Richard Wyatt also bequeathed several properties to the Carpenters’ Company to be used for various charitable purposes.
The Court of the Carpenters’ Company acts as Trustees and continues to take a close interest in the welfare and wellbeing of those who now live in the almshouses.

Registered charity number 200292