La Providence, Rochester
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La Providence, Rochester
Image: © Stephen McKay Taken: 22 Oct 2021
The houses here were built in the mid-19th century and the development, off Rochester's High Street, was called Theobald Square. In the late 1950s the directors of the French Hospital, founded in 1718 to provide housing for poor French Protestants (Huguenots), were looking for new premises to replace their Victorian house in Horsham. Theobald Square was acquired and, after extensive refurbishment, the new almshouses opened in 1959. The square was eventually officially renamed La Providence and the attractive buildings continue to serve 'Huguenots and others'. They are grade II listed.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.38865
Longitude
0.505262