Queen Elizabeth's Almshouses
Queen Elizabeth's Almshouses, Greenwich High Road, SE10
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TQ 3877
26/G46
GREENWICH HIGH ROAD SElO (south side)
Queen Elizabeth's Almshouses 19.10.51.
GV
II
Founded 1576 by Wm Lambarde. Rebuilt 1818. Rows of two storeys. Cottages grouped around three sides of rectangular lawn. Centre group with chapel on axis with stone Ionic portico of three bays - flanking columns are paired. Horizontal entablature with blocking course. Brick pediment above at wall face with moulded stone cornice, clock in tympanum and surmounted by bell cupole with wind vane. Three cottages each side of chapel, side rows seven cottages each. Yellow stock brick two windows. Low pitched slate roof with eaves. Recessed windows with glazing bars. Small hoods on shaped brackets to doorways. Gables of north end of side rows have coat-of-arms in stone roundel in tympanum of pediment and below a round-headed arched blank window in arched recess with stone band at springing and inscribed tablet above. Wrought-iron entrance gate. To the south are C19 early-mid cottages forming part of the group; also one pair of cottages at either end of south range.
Queen Elizabeth's Almshouses and front railings and gates form a group.
Listing NGR: TQ3808877238
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1220818
- Date first listed:
- 19-Oct-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Queen Elizabeth's Almshouses
- Statutory Address:
- Queen Elizabeth's Almshouses, Greenwich High Road, SE10
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1220818
- Date first listed:
- 19-Oct-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Queen Elizabeth's Almshouses
- Statutory Address 1:
- Queen Elizabeth's Almshouses, Greenwich High Road, SE10
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Queen Elizabeth's Almshouses, Greenwich High Road, SE10
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Greenwich (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 38088 77238
Summary
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 14 April 2025 to amend date of build and reformat the text to current standards
TQ 3877
26/G46
GREENWICH HIGH ROAD SElO (south side)
Queen Elizabeth's Almshouses 19.10.51.
GV
II
Founded 1576 by Wm Lambarde. Rebuilt 1818. Rows of two storeys. Cottages grouped around three sides of rectangular lawn. Centre group with chapel on axis with stone Ionic portico of three bays - flanking columns are paired. Horizontal entablature with blocking course. Brick pediment above at wall face with moulded stone cornice, clock in tympanum and surmounted by bell cupole with wind vane. Three cottages each side of chapel, side rows seven cottages each. Yellow stock brick two windows. Low pitched slate roof with eaves. Recessed windows with glazing bars. Small hoods on shaped brackets to doorways. Gables of north end of side rows have coat-of-arms in stone roundel in tympanum of pediment and below a round-headed arched blank window in arched recess with stone band at springing and inscribed tablet above. Wrought-iron entrance gate. To the south are C19 early-mid cottages forming part of the group; also one pair of cottages at either end of south range.
Queen Elizabeth's Almshouses and front railings and gates form a group.
Listing NGR: TQ3808877238
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 14 April 2025 to amend date of build and reformat the text to current standards
TQ 3877
26/G46
GREENWICH HIGH ROAD SElO (south side)
Queen Elizabeth's Almshouses 19.10.51.
GV
II
Founded 1576 by Wm Lambarde. Rebuilt 1818. Rows of two storeys. Cottages grouped around three sides of rectangular lawn. Centre group with chapel on axis with stone Ionic portico of three bays - flanking columns are paired. Horizontal entablature with blocking course. Brick pediment above at wall face with moulded stone cornice, clock in tympanum and surmounted by bell cupole with wind vane. Three cottages each side of chapel, side rows seven cottages each. Yellow stock brick two windows. Low pitched slate roof with eaves. Recessed windows with glazing bars. Small hoods on shaped brackets to doorways. Gables of north end of side rows have coat-of-arms in stone roundel in tympanum of pediment and below a round-headed arched blank window in arched recess with stone band at springing and inscribed tablet above. Wrought-iron entrance gate. To the south are C19 early-mid cottages forming part of the group; also one pair of cottages at either end of south range.
Queen Elizabeth's Almshouses and front railings and gates form a group.
Listing NGR: TQ3808877238
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 200382
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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