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 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
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 as almshouses for master mariners or their widows in 1695. They were repaired by the LCC after WWII bomb damage to become housing.
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.
Bexley * Styleman's Almhouses
High Street
A row of houses provided by John Styleman of Danson. Built in 1755 and still in use (modernised).
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.
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).
Eltham 15 Penny Fields
Blunt's Road
Old charity but modern buildings of 1963 & 1989.
Greenwich Queen Elizabeth College
Greenwich High Road
Founded 1576 by William Lambard. Rebuilt as 40 one bedroom cottages in 1818. Administered by the Draper's Company.
Greenwich * Trinity Hospital
Highbridge
Founded 1613 by Henry Howard for 20 men. Rebuilt 1815 and still in use. Administered by the Mercer's Company.
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
Greenwich South Street
Built in 1884 and designed by George Smith.
Greenwich Hatcliffe Almshouses
Tuskar Street
Built in 1857 and extended in the 1880s & 1930s. They feature tall chimneys and Dutch gables. [pix]
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
Havill 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 Ingram's Almshouses
Mill Platt
A row of small cottages provided in 1664 by Sir Thomas Ingram.
Isleworth Sermon's Almshouses
Twickenham Road
Row of cottages.
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.
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 Houblon's Almshouses
Worple Way
Nine houses built in 1758.
Richmond Michael's Almshouses
The Vineyard
Two ranges of 1811 & 1858.
Richmond * Bishop Duppa's Almshouses
The Vineyard
Built 1852 using a gateway from an earlier building.
Wimbledon Cinque Cottages
Crooked Billet
Provided for men in 1872 and since rebuilt.
Highgate Wollaston & Pauncefoot
Southwood Lane
12 single storey homes. Founded by Sir John Wollaston in 1658 and rebuilt by Sir Edward Pauncefoot in 1722.
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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