ALMSHOUSES LIST

Area	Name & Address	Notes
Bow	Draper's Almhouses Priscilla Road	Built in 1706 for 12 poor people with additions in 1836. Purchased by railway in 1867 when east and west wings were demolished. Remainder now private houses.
Chelsea *	Royal Hospital Chelsea Royal Hospital Road	Built by Wren in 1682 for retired soldiers and still in use.
Clerkenwell *	Charterhouse Charterhouse Square	Founded by Thomas Sutton in 1611 for 80 poor gentlemen on a former monastic site. Still in use.
Hackney	Bishop Wood's Almshouses Lower Clapton Road	Founded in 1665 by Thomas Wood, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry and restored in 1888 & 1930. The tiny chapel added in the 19thc had pews only for the 10 resident widows.
Hackney	Monger House Church Crescent	Founded by a bequest of 1669 for 6 poor men over 60. Rebuilt in 1847 and modernised in 1969.
Hackney	Pilgrim Lodge Lyme Grove	Designed in 1865 by A R Pite. Now managed by the Anchor Trust.
Hoxton *	Aske's Pitfield Street	Founded by Robert Aske, Haberdasher in 1690 with a gift of £24000 for 20 poor with a school for 20 boys. [pix]
Kennington *	Woodstock Court Newburn Street	For retired tenants of the Duchy of Cornwall
Shoreditch *	The Ironmonger's Almshouses Kingsland Road	Founded by Robert Geffrye in 1715. 14 houses + chapel. Converted to Museum in 1914
Southwark	Draper's Almshouses Glass Hill Street	A row of houses built in 1820
Southwark *	Hopton's Almshouses Hopton Street	Founded by Robert Hopton, fishmonger in 1730. Properties built around a garden in 1752 & still in use.
Spitalfields	Norton Folgate Puma Court	Built in 1860 to replace those of 1728.
Stepney	Lady Jane Mico's Almshouses White Horse Road	Originally built for 10 widows in 1691 by the Mercer's Company and re-built in 1856. Private houses since 1970.
Stepney	Trinity Hospital Mile End Road	Built 1695 by the Corporation of Trinity House, on land provided by Captain Henry Mudd, for 28 decayed Masters of Ships or their widows. Bombed in 1941, the redbrick cottages were later modernised by the LCC for housing.
Upton	Meggs Almhouses	Moved from Whitechapel Road in 1893.
Vauxhall *	De Caron Almshouses Fentiman Road	Founded in 1618 by Noel de Caron and rebuilt in 1854. [pix]
Victoria *	Westminster United Rochester Row	30 homes built in 1881 to designs of R R Arntz replacing Emery Hill Almshouses. Still in use.
Beckenham *	The Rawlins Almshouses Bromley Road	3 small cottages built in 1694 as a gift of Anthony Rawlins. Enlarged & modernised but still in use. [pix]
Bexley *	Styleman's Almhouses High Street	A row of houses provided by John Styleman of Danson. Built in 1755 and still in use (modernised). [pix]
Bexley	Victoria Homes Bourne Road	Built in the year of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee (1897).
Blackheath	Morden College St Germain's Place	Founded in 1695 for 40 merchants. The charity now provides homes for over 400.
Bromley	Bromley & Sheppard College London Road	Founded 1666 by John Warner, Bishop of Rochester, for 12 widows of clergy. Built 1670-72 and extended end 18th century. Chapel rebuilt 1863 in gothic style. Sheppard College to the NE was built in 1840 for 5 spinsters.
Croydon *	Whitgift Almshouses North End	Provided by Archbishop Whitgift for retired servants in 1596. Still in use.
Croydon *	Ramsey Court Church Street	15th century foundation by Elys Davy. Present buildings 1875 & 1887.
Dulwich *	Alleyn's College of God's Gift College Road	Founded by actor Edward Alleyn in 1613-9. Now known as Dulwich College and still in use.
Eltham	Philipot's Almshouses 3-7 Blunt's Rd & Philipot Path	Founded by Thomas Philipot. Originally in the High Street. Blunt's Road are 1872 and Philipot Path 1931 (still in use). [website]
Eltham	15 Penny Fields Blunt's Road	Old charity but modern buildings of 1963 & 1989.
Greenwich	Queen Elizabeth's College Greenwich High Road	Founded in 1576 by William Lambard who laid down conditions for the choice of inmate. Administered by the Draper's Company. Rebuilt as 40 one bedroom cottages in 1818 and subsequently modernised. Now managed by Hanover Housing Association.
Greenwich *	Trinity Hospital Highbridge	Founded 1613 by Henry Howard for 20 men. Rebuilt 1815 and still in use. Administered by the Mercer's Company. [pix]
Greenwich *	Greenwich Hospital Romney Road	Established for seamen in 1694 by William & Mary. Buildings by Wren and others. Now University of Greenwich.
Greenwich	John Penn Almshouses Widow Smith Almshouses Greenwich South Street	Designed in 1884 by George Smith for Ellen Penn as a tribute to her husband John, who ran local engineering works. A pension was also provided, financed from company stock. It no longer has a chapel. Houses were added in 1955 after Widow Smith's almshouses near the Royal Naval College were destroyed by bombing. Now managed by Hanover Housing Association.
Greenwich *	Hatcliffe Almshouses Tuskar Street	Built in 1857 and extended in the 1880s & 1930s. They feature tall chimneys and Dutch gables. [pix]
Lee *	Boone's Almshouses Lee High Road	Built in 1682 by Robert Hooke for Christopher & Mary Boone with almshouses for 12 poor people, a school for 12 local children and a chapel. Administered by the Merchant Taylors' Company. Only the chapel survived demolition in 1877 and was used as a library for almspeople until 1945. It has recently been renovated. [pix]
Lee *	Merchant Taylors' Lee High Road	Built in 1825 and still providing accommodation for 34 people. Grade II listed they survived extensive bombing raids in WWII. [pix]
Peckham	The Aged Pilgrims' Home Sedgmoor Place	Completed in 1837 and founded by William Peacock.
Peckham	Beeston's Almshouses Consort Road	Built for the Girdler's Company in 1834 to replace those sold for the construction of London Bridge in 1824. The 7 houses were for freeman of the company who also received a pension. Extended in the 1960s.
Peckham	Bethal Asylum Havil Street	The Asylum for aged women was founded by William Peacock in 1837.
Peckham	Friendly Female Society Almshouses Chumleigh Street	Opened in 1821 and added to in 1844 & 1847. The listed buildings are now part of Southwark's Burgess Park.
Peckham	Metropolitan Beer & Wine Trade Almshouses Nunhead Green	Seven houses for 13 residents were built in 1852. A new wing of 8 houses was added in 1872.
Peckham	Payln's Almshouses Choumert Road	Built by the Girdler's Company in 1852. The original buildings in Old Street (founded in 1612-3) were destroyed in the Great Fire.
Penge *	Watermen's & Lightermen's High Street	Built as 48 dwellings in 1840 and designed by George Porter. Converted to private homes in 1973.
Penge *	William IV Royal Naval Asylum St John's Road	Designed by Philip Hardwick. Now private homes.
Penge	St John's Cottages Maple Road	Two rows built in 1863 and designed by Edwin Nash.
Chiswick	Hopkin Morris Homes of Rest Strand-on-the-Green	Originally 4 almshouses built in 1724.
Fulham *	Powell's Almshouses Church Gate	Founded by Sir William Powell in 1680. Rebuilt on present site in 1869 for 12 widows. [pix]
Isleworth	Miss Elizabeth Butler's Almshouses Byfield Road	Two bungalows for married couples built in 1885. Refurbished in 2009.
Isleworth	Farnell's Almshouses St John's Road	The gift of John Farnell, the owner of Isleworth Brewery. Built in 1858 for six men and six women. Modernised in 1998
Isleworth	Ingram's Almshouses Mill Platt	A row of small cottages provided in 1664 by Sir Thomas Ingram, a Lord Mayor of London. Modernised in 1993. Each has a riverside garden. [pix]
Isleworth	Sermon's Almshouses Twickenham Road	Row of 6 cottages of 1843 for ladies over 50. Endowed by Sarah Sermon. Three more dwellings were added in 2009.
Kingston *	Cleave's Almshouses London Road	Built from local bricks in 1669 for 6 poor men & 6 poor women. Ten later dwellings added. Still in use with a 17thc hall. [pix]
Mortlake	Boot & Shoemakers Rosemary Gardens	14 houses plus a chapel built in 1836.
Putney	Abraham Dawes Putney Bridge Road	Dawes, a collector of customs, lived in Putney from 1620 until his death in 1640. He provided almshouses for '12 poor indigent decayed and decreped almsmen and almswomen'. Replaced by the present buildings in 1861.
Richmond	Church Estate Almshouses	Built in 1843 for members of the Church of England. Additional accommodation was provided in 1968 and 2005. [pix]
Richmond	Hickey's Almshouses Sheen Road	William Hickey died in 1728 leaving pensions to elected poor and a considerable amount of property. In 1832 the trustees of his charity built 20 houses with a chapel, nurse's lodge and porter's lodge. Additional accommodation was added in 1851, 1934, 1972 and 1991. [pix]
Richmond	Houblon's Almshouses Worple Way	Founded in 1757 by Rebecca and Susanna who were the daughters of Sir John Houblon, Governor of the Bank of England. They left long lists of rules for the almspeople and trustees! [pix]
Richmond	Michel's Almshouses The Vineyard	Founded in 1695 by Humphrey Michel. The charity received additional endowments. The original block of 10 almshouses was rebuilt in 1810 and six more were built in 1860. Further accommodation has been added. [pix]
Richmond *	Bishop Duppa's Almshouses The Vineyard	Founded in 1661 by the Bishop of Chichester in thanksgiving for Charles II's Restoration. Rebuilt to the designs of Thomas Little in 1851 with a site and funds provided by James Ewing. The arch and gateway was transferred from the old building.
Richmond	Queen Elizabeth's Almshouses The Vineyard	Founded by Sir George Wright in 1600. Originally on Petersham Road but relocated in 1767. The 8 almshouses were damaged in WWII and rebuilt as four houses in 1955.
Twickenham	Candler Almshouses Amyand Park Road	The parish originally had almshouses near The Embankment. These were restored by Elizabeth Twining (of tea fame) in 1876 but replaced in 1936 when more houses were added at the bequest of William Candler. Only women are appointed.
Wimbledon	Cinque Cottages Crooked Billet	Provided for men in 1872 and since rebuilt.
Highgate *	Woolaston & Pauncefoot Southwood Lane	12 single storey homes. Founded by Sir John Woolaston in 1658 and rebuilt by Sir Edward Pauncefoot in 1722. [pix]
Walthamstow	Monoux Almshouses Church Hill Road	Founded by Sir George Monoux in 1527. Restored & rebuilt.
Walthamstow	Squire's Almshouses St Mary Road	Built in 1795 for 6 poor widows.

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