The Church Estate Almshouses, Sheen Road, Richmond
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The Church Estate Almshouses, Sheen Road, Richmond
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 20 Mar 2011
More functional in appearance than Hickey's Almshouses http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2316286 next door, less architecturally ambitious - but certainly more colourful, built of bricks in three colours:http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2316683. The British Listed Buildings website gives the architect's name as William Crawford Stow, and the date as 1843: http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-435926-richmond-church-estate-almshouses-richmo. A slate slab at first-floor level is inscribed with the names of the trustees at the time of building. They include 'The Earl of Shaftesbury'.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.462421
Longitude
-0.291721