Category: Almshouses

A visit to the Drapers Almshouses in Bow

Oh I do love a good almshouse and I am always pleased to take a detour to have a poke around one of them. I’m not exactly sure…

Puma Court

Puma Court takes you from the frenetic energy of Commercial Street to the calm stature of the eighteenth century houses in Wilkes Street and beyond. On the left…

There’s Sutton going on around here

There used to be a huge medieval house on the edge of Church Path that led between the small villages of Hackney and Homerton. Called Tan House, it…

The Almshouses on Mile End Road

When London’s population exploded outwards in the nineteenth century the surrounding countryside was flooded with buildings and people that became part of the new metropolis. The Trinity Green…