Description:Albermarle Almshouses which stood at the junction of Bridge Street and Lower Street.
In 1688, Christopher Monk, the 2nd Duke of Albermarle, bequeathed a total of almost £6,000 as a perpetual endowment for the purchase of land for the erection and maintenance of almshouses for twenty poor widows in memory of his mother, Anne. His will was disputed by relatives and there were further complications regarding his widow's re-marriage and claims of her insanity. The estate was finally wound up on her death in 1734. The houses are said to have eventually been built in 1743, and had to be demolished in 1964, to make way for the Inner Ring Road (A34). It is thought likely that the Newcastle-under-Lyme location was chosen because of influence from the Levison-Gower family from the nearby Trentham Estate.
The white building to the left of the photograph is the Old Brown Jug public house at 41, Bridge Street which is currently known (2026) as 'The Jug'.