ALMSHOUSES Featured on my walks
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A number of my walks have featured almshouses. A list with a little information on each is on the next page.

There is a great variety from the humble Ingram's to the grand Chelsea Hospital. Sometimes provided for a particular category of person many still serve as almshouses. Others have become private houses whilst the former Ironmongers is now the Geffrye Museum.

Some are arranged in rows and in the case of Sermons or Strand-on-the-Green at right angles to the road, probably a cheaper option. Others like Hoptons form three sides of a square with a central garden and often a chapel building whilst larger establishments such as Morden College are more complex.

Foundations date from 1527 but often the premises have been rebuilt and internally modernised.

They are often attractive buildings and photos of some are on separate pages.

Suggested reading: The Almshouses of London by Clive Berridge