(Nieuwstraat 43), where up to 1937 also orphans were housed, consists of three wings with sober pilaster facades. The north wing (Gasthuisstraat) dates back to the 16th century and ends at the corner of the Middenstraat with a 17th-century stepped gable decorated with anchors, natural stone lion masks and the city coat of arms (top reconstructed). The year 1623 is on the wooden door calf on the Gasthuisstraat.
The south wing dating from 1650 is accessible via a classicistic gate (Schoolsteeg 2). On the courtyard side this wing has a middle ressault with fronton. With this 1910 raised building, an early-Renaissance façade stone from elsewhere was bricked in with the coat of arms of Charles V (1552). The east wing (Middenstraat) was completely renovated in 1911. After the removal of the guest house in 1954, the complex was added to the adjacent town hall. The south wing was extended in 1965 on the west side to the building line of the Nieuwstraat.
