The Lord Leycester Hospital is not, and has never been, a medical establishment. The word ‘hospital’ is used in its ancient sense meaning “a charitable institution for the housing and maintenance of the needy, infirm or aged”.  The Hospital is an historic group of timber-framed buildings on Warwick High Street dating mainly from the late 14th Century.  For nearly 200 years it was the home of Warwick’s medieval Guilds. In the reign of Queen Elizabeth I it became a place of retirement for old warriors. So it remains today as an independent charity providing homes for ex-Servicemen and their wives.  The buildings are open to visitors and can be hired for civil ceremonies, receptions, dinners, parties and other events.