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The Chapel of the Three Kings at Fosters Almshouses
Foster’s Almshouses, Colston Street, Bristol, Gloucestershire BS1 5AY
Sat 7 Sep to Sunday 15 Sep 2024
Sat 7 Sep:1000 - 1200, 1300 - 1500; Sun 8 Sep:1000 - 1200, 1300 - 1500; Sat 14 Sep:14 Sep 2024, 1000 - 1300, Cancelled;15 Sep 2024, 1000 - 1300, Cancelled; Sun 15 Sep:15 Sep 2024, 1000 - 1300, Cancelled; Free Entry.
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The Chapel of the Three Kings at Fosters Almshouses
Heritage Open Day: The Almshouses and Chapel are grade II* listed buildings on Colston Street. They were founded by John Foster, a wealthy 15th-century merchant, to provide accommodation for Bristol's poor and elderly. The Chapel of the Three Kings is the only church in the UK dedicated to the Magi – the Three Wise Men who came from the east with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh for baby Jesus.
This tiny church hides in plain sight on Colston Street in the centre of Bristol. It was originally built in the 1480s to serve the residents at the attached Foster’s Almshouses, which provided housing for Bristol’s elderly poor for over 500 years.
This tiny church hides in plain sight on Colston Street in the centre of Bristol. It was originally built in the 1480s to serve the residents at the attached Foster’s Almshouses, which provided housing for Bristol’s elderly poor for over 500 years.