Item Description

The almshouses were on the area west of Newington Butts and south of St George’s Road, now occupied by the Tabernacle and an anonymous office block to the north. Erected in two phases: firstly St. Peters Hospital was built by the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers in 1615–18; the other, which provided for 20 poor people, was funded by Hulbert in 1719. All demolished in 1851 when their occupants were moved to newly constructed buildings in East Hill, Wandsworth. Here they stayed until 1923 when that site was sold to LCC to build flats. The almshouses then moved out to Bray where there were other Fishmonger Almshouses.

A very rare hand tinted colour etching produced in 1849 for the liverymen of the Fishmongers Company by order of their Court of Assistants.

Picture size: 23cm x 41cm.