Almshouses, Reduction Station, Flats and a Viaduct is the subsequent part of my stroll in Peckham on Sunday twelfth February 1989, The earlier put up on this stroll was Consort Street Peckham.
My stroll continued down Consort Street to those almshouses on the west facet near the south finish of the street. Though the primary block of those almhouses was in-built 1834, there are 4 later blocks, in all probability from across the Sixties of which that is one. In 1961 the ten charities liable for these almshouses and people close by on Montpelior Street, additionally established by a bequest to the Girdlers Firm started to amalgamate and rebuild, and by 1980 this had grow to be their solely website, the place they nonetheless present unbiased lodging for 20 residents in 18 items with a Almshouse Supervisor employed by the corporate. There may be now a single charity, recognized since 1997 as Beeston’s, Andrewes’ and Palyn’s Charity.
This image is one among two blocks named Palyn Home on the almshouse website, one of many 4 roughly equivalent blocks added to the orginal website.
These are the Beeston’s Present Almshouses, constructed by the Girdlers’ Firm in 1834 and Grade II listed. Previous Grasp Cuthbert Beeston died in 1582 leaving seven homes close to London Bridge run by charitable trusts, These had been bought in 1834 to supply the funds to construct these almshouses on Consort Street. They (along with the newer buildings) nonetheless present housing for round 20 poor individuals, chosen by the charity from Freemen of the Metropolis of London, staff former staff “in trades akin to that of a Girdler (together with staff in metals, leather-based, cloths and materials)” and people resident within the former administrative county of London.
The gates, railings and water pump to the almhouses are additionally Grade II listed.
The Reduction Station was in-built 1901 to supply for the poor within the space and later turned Consort Street Clinic. Disused for some years it has been transformed into eight self-contained dwellings, retaining the facade and complementing it with a brand new hyperlink constructing.
On the finish of Consort Street I turned proper into Nunhead Lane and walked right down to Peckham Rye. These flats, Creed Home and Goodwin Home, seen from Peckham Rye are on the north facet of Nunhead Crescent and are part of the Nunhead property constructed round 1956. Southwark Council commissioned a structural survey in 2021 on state of those blocks having consulted the earlier 12 months on the opportunity of constructing an additional storey on prime of those blocks and others within the property.
I changed into Philip Stroll, taking {a photograph} (not on-line) of the homes on its north facet, stable late Victorian semis, the made my manner by way of a just lately constructed property again to Consort Street the place I made this image of the luxurious viaduct and bridge carrying the road to Nunhead over the road on the junction with Copeland Street. Within the arches to the precise had been a variety of companies, with part of the arch containing the Westminster Guild in my image. They appear to have been brass founders and the arches additional alongside at the moment are Bronzewood Metalworks.
Copeland Street is finest recognized for the Bussey constructing and Copeland Park, a couple of yards additional west from this works, their entrance simply out of image, dwelling to a few years of the sporting items manufacturing unit owned by George Gibson Bussey. I can’t make out the identify that was as soon as above one of many buildings, although it clearly begins with SOUTH and I believe the subsequent phrase was LONDON.
These fairly extra humble premises, presumably from the inter-war interval, are nonetheless there, now housing a barbers, a automobile wash and a catering firm. The semi-detached pair of homes are additionally nonetheless presnet, however their greater finish wall at excessive left is now merely a wall with the chimneys and nothing past.
My stroll in Peckham was nearly full and I made my manner again to Rye Lane, however there are only a few extra footage from the top and after taking a bus on my manner dwelling that can characteristic in a remaining put up – and the next month I returned for one more Peckham stroll. The primary put up on this stroll was Aged Pilgrims, Sceaux, Homes & Lettsom.
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