The Fishermen's Hospital on Howard Street is a Grade I listed almshouse complex built in 1702 for retired fishermen and their families. The building is a quiet surprise in a town not particularly known for its architecture — a handsome Dutch-influenced brick quadrangle with a small chapel at its centre, funded by the town's fishing community at a period when the herring trade was at its peak.
The almshouses continued in use until the twentieth century and are now managed as a heritage site. The courtyard is accessible and the chapel is occasionally open. It sits in the middle of the old town, close to the Minster, and takes only a few minutes to see but rewards a pause.