Almshouses

1889 – Stranwix Hospital & Almshouses, Thurles, Co. Tipperary

A charitable hospital and almshouses to provide homes for widows over sixty and named after its patron Emma Stanwix,

1872 – McGarel Buildings, Larne, Co. Antrim

Ten Victorian almshouses in a Gothic style, for Charles McGarel. McGarel was a slave-owner and sugar trader in the early 19th century.

1883 – New Almshouses for Grendon’s Charity, Exeter, Devon

Architect: Best & Commin

Perspective published in The Building News, November 16th 1883. Also known as the Ten Cells,

1867 – Proposed Schools & Almshouses, Walworth, London

Architect: James Cubitt

From The Building News: “THESE buildings, of which we give an illustration elsewhere, are about to be erected near the Elephant and Castle Railway Station,

1879 – Almshouses for the Earl of Onslow, Guildford, Surrey

Architect: Ernest George & Peto

Perspective view and plans published in The Building News, July 4th 1879.

1871 – Sir William Powell Alms Houses, Fulham, London

Architect: J.P. Seddon

Design for new almshouses to be erected in Fulham, and published in The Building News, May 12th 1871.

1901 – Giltbrook Almshouses, Nottingham

Architect: A.R. Calvert

Selected design after a competition, published in The Building News, April 5 1901. “These drawings illustrate the selected design in the recent competition.

1887 – Almshouses, Charlton, Kent

Architect: Edward L’Anson & Son

Perspective view & ground plan, designed for the Trustees of The Dutch Church, and published in The Builder,

1879 – Alms Houses Terrace, Clondalkin, Co. Dublin

Fine terrace of stone cottages in the old centre of Clondalkin, opposite the round tower and alongside the Church of Ireland.

1582 – Shee Alms House, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny

The Shees were a wealthy merchant family in Kilkenny in the sixteenth century much like the Rothes who built Rothe House.