Housing Collection (page 30)

Ellis Davys Almshouses, Croydon, Surrey, c1800. Artist: John Hassell
Ellis Davys Almshouses, Croydon, Surrey, c1800. Croydon is now in the London borough of Croydon

Entrance to the Winchester Almshouses on Richmond Hill, Surrey, c1820. Richmond is now in the London borough of Richmond upon Thames

Winchester Almshouses, Richmond Hill, Surrey, c1820. Richmond is now in the London borough of Richmond upon Thames

Trinity Almshouses and Trinity Chapel, Mile End Road, Stepney, London, 1883. Artist
Trinity Almshouses and Trinity Chapel, Mile End Road, Stepney, London, 1883. The almshouses were founded in 1695 for retired ships captains and their widows

Skinners Almshouses and Trinity Almshouses, Mile End Road, Stepney, London, 1883. View showing a market stall and sewer pipes waiting to be laid

An almshouse in Carshalton, Surrey, 1826. Artist: G Yates
An almshouse in Carshalton, Surrey, 1826. View with cattle and figures. Carshalton is now in the London Borough of Sutton

View of Butlers Almshouses, Caxton Street, Westminster, London, 1879

View of Old Pye Street, Westminster, London, 1883. Artist: John Crowther
View of Old Pye Street, Westminster, London, 1883

View of the Royal Horse Guards Barracks, Knightsbridge, Westminster, London, c1796. The barracks were built for the Horse Guards in 1795

Exterior view of newly erected artizan dwellings in Artizan Street, City of London, c1880
Exterior view of newly erected artisan dwellings in Artizan Street, City of London, c1880. In the foreground a figure leans against a lamppost

The Lambarde Almshouses, Greenwich Park, London, c1790. Also known as Queen Elizabeths College Almshouses

Morden College, Greenwich, London, c1832. Artist: William Day
Morden College, Greenwich, London, c1832

Colfes Almshouses in Lewisham, London, c1795. The almshouses were founded by the Reverend Abraham Colfe in the 17th century

Watermens Almshouses in Queens Arms Court, Upper Ground Street, Southwark, London, 1839

Men demolishing St Peters Hospital, Southwark, London, 1851. Artist: James Findlay
Men demolishing St Peters Hospital, Southwark, London, 1851. The building was also known as the Fishmongers Almshouses

Fishmongers Almshouses, Southwark, London, c1850. Also known as St Peters Hospital

Fishmongers Almshouses at St Peters Hospital, Newington Butts, Southwark, London, c1750

View of Queens Court, Upper Ground Street, Southwark, London, 1827

Entrance to the Haberdashers Almshouses in Pitfield Street, Shoreditch, London, c1830. The almshouses and school in Pitfield Street, Shoreditch

Almshouses in Pitfield Street, Shoreditch, London, c1720. Artist: Johannes Kip
Almshouses in Pitfield Street, Shoreditch, London, c1720. View from the east of the almshouses and school in Pitfield Street, Shoreditch

House agents advertisement for properties in Norfolk Square, Paddington, London, c1870

Proposed development off Harrow Road, Paddington, London, 1847. Artist: GL Lee
Proposed development off Harrow Road, Paddington, London, 1847. View of a terrace, crescent and street, intended to be erected on the south side of Harrow Road, adjoining the Westborne nursery

The Salters Almshouses in Monkwell Street, City of London, 1818. View with a plaque underneath

View of Butlers Alley, Milton Street, City of London, 1871. In the foreground a woman sits on a doorstep

Alleyns Almshouses, Gingerbread Court, Lamb Alley, City of London, 1851. Artist
Alleyns Almshouses, Gingerbread Court, Lamb Alley, City of London, 1851. View with a figure and clothes on a washing line

Plan of tenements in Addle Street, Aldermanbury and Philip Lane, London, c1666. Tenements held in lease by the Brewers Company

Visit of the Prince of Wales to Shoreditch, London, 18th October 1927. The future King Edward VIII visits Windsor House, a council estate in Wenlock Road, Shoreditch, London

View of Drapers Almshouses in St Georges Fields, Southwark, London, 1825. Artist
View of Drapers Almshouses in St Georges Fields, Southwark, London, 1825

William Caxtons house in the Almonry, Westminster, London, 1827. View with figures in the street and Westminster Abbey in the distance

Residents of a tenement, Henry Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York, USA, early 1930s. The Lower East Side was a predominantly immigrant, working class neighbourhood

Wash day at some New York tenement buildings, USA, early 1930s

Room within a New York tenement block, USA, early 1930s

A street in the Borough of Queens, New York, USA, early 1930s

Shack made of barrels and tar paper, St Louis, Missouri, USA, Great Depression, 1931. One of a mile-long row of such makeshift huts on the shore of the Mississippi

A Hooverville on waterfront of Seattle, Washington, USA, Great Depression, March 1933. Grim collections of shacks on vacant lots were cruelly called Hoovervilles after Herbert Hoover

Tenement housing, New York City, USA, 1890s

Zulu kraal at Umlazi with huts and screens, 1849. Artist: George French Angas
Zulu kraal at Umlazi with huts and screens, 1849. Plate 21 from The Kafirs Illustrated by George French Angas

Peasant dwellings in Upper Egypt, 1848. Artist: Eugene Leroux
Peasant dwellings in Upper Egypt, 1848. From The Valley of the Nile by Emile Prisse d Avennes

Traditional terraced housing, Albert Road, Kilnhurst, South Yorkshire, 1959. Artist
Traditional terraced housing, Albert Road, Kilnhurst, South Yorkshire, 1959. In a photograph commissioned by the Swinton Urban District Council in South Yorkshire

Street scene with family, Ollerton, North Nottinghamshire, 11th July 1962. Artist
A family living in the north of England leaving their newly built semi-detatched house in Ollerton, North Nottinghamshire, 11th July 1962

Woodside Maisonettes, Sheffield 13th August 1962. Artist: Michael Walters
Woodside Maisonettes, Sheffield 13th August 1962. The newly built Woodside Maisonettes in Sheffield were a good example of the brave new architecture prevalent in the 1960 s

Typical pit housing in Furlong Road, Bolton upon Dearne, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Typical pit housing in Furlong Road, Bolton upon Dearne, South Yorkshire, 1963. The rear of a property in Furlong Road in Bolton upon Dearne, close to Barnsley

National Provincial Bank in a terraced house, Bolton upon Dearne, South Yorkshire, 1963. The Bolton upon Dearne Branch of the National Provincial Bank

Urban regeneration, Cresswell Estate, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1963. A good example of post war urban regeneration in the South Yorkshire area

Caravan site, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1961. Artist: Michael Walters
Caravan site in Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1961. The Caravan site in Mexborough in South Yorkshire prior to it being cleaned up on the orders of the Health inspector in 1961

Cottage interior, Harlington, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist: Michael Walters
Cottage interior, Harlington, South Yorkshire, 1964. The interior of number 2 Rose Cottages in the Village of Harlington in South Yorkshire showing the kitchen area with an early 1960s space saving

National Provincial Bank located in a terraced house, Goldthope, South Yorkshire, 1963. The National Provincial Bank was formed in 1933 in an office in Threadneedle Street in London

Oak Hill housing development, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1970s. Artist: Michael Walters
Oak Hill housing development, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1970s. Built in 1971, the Oak Hill housing development in Rotherham epitomised everything that was wrong with the attempts of the time to

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