Free Watermen and Lightermen's Almshouses
| Free Watermen and Lightermen’s Almshouses / Royal Watermen's Almshouses | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Victorian architecture, Tudor Revival architecture |
| Town or city | Penge, Kent |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 51°25′00″N 0°03′14″W / 51.4166°N 0.0538°W |
| Construction started | 1840 |
| Completed | 1841 |
| Client | Company of Watermen and Lightermen, City of London |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | Yellow brick with limestone dressings |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | George Porter |
The Free Watermen and Lightermen’s Almshouses (generally known as the Royal Watermen's Almshouses) on Beckenham Road / Penge High Street, Penge, Kent, were built in 1840–1841 to designs by the architect George Porter[1] by the Company of Watermen and Lightermen of the City of London for retired company freemen and their widows. It is the most prominent and oldest of the Victorian almshouses in Penge.[2] In 1973, the almspeople were moved to a new site in Hastings, and the original buildings were converted into private homes.[1]
References
- ^ a b John Newman. West Kent and the Weald. The "Buildings of England" Series, First Edition, Sir Nikolaus Pevsner and Judy Nairn, eds. (London: Penguin, 1969), p.433.
- ^ http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/bromley/penge/royal-watermans.htm ideal-homes.org.uk