 Erected alongside the building was the "Casa da Misericórdia", centre of the local hospital, orphanage, registry, house of the dispatch, offices and courtyard.A letter from King John III dated 1533, permitted the construction of an entablature which the Church's ombudsman and the local "Brotherhood" of the Misericórdia had planned (and later had received consent from the municipal government for its construction).On 25 March 1534, this construction was completed, resulting the Manueline-era entrance, and the installation of the Brotherhood, from an inscription that was hoisted on the north portico (today located in the Carmo Museum).