Rotherhithe: Peele Almshouses, Lower Road, SE16
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Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 18 Apr 2010
These almshouses were built in 1901. The plaque in the gable end wall reads: These Almshouses were erected under the will of the late CHARLES JOHN PEELE Partner in the firm of Brandram Bros & Co of this Parish Also of Childown Hall, Chertsey, Surrey to the memory of his mother HELEN PEELE AD 1901 Helen Peele died aged 68 in Chertsey in 1890 while her son Charles John Peele died, also in Chertsey, aged 45 in 1896.