Fisherman's Hospital
Photograph of the Fisherman's Hospital
By Lauren Mccurdy
The Fisherman's hospital is situated on the Market Square in Great Yarmouth, the photograph shows building work taking place in the 1950s.
The figure in the cupola on the roof is Saint Peter, the patron saint of fishermen, and the 'fisher of souls'.
The Corporation of Great Yarmouth founded the hospital in 1702. It was set up as Almshouses for 'decayed' fishermen: providing housing for twenty fishermen and their wives aged sixty and over who could no longer provide for themselves.
Now it has been converted into private residences.
Building work at the Fisherman's Hospital c.1950s
Great Yarmouth Museums