Church Estate Almshouses

Church Estate Almshouses are Grade II listed almshouses in Richmond, London, located on Sheen Road, near Hickey's Almshouses. Most of the buildings, which were designed by William Crawford Stow, date from 1843 but the charity that built them is known to have existed in Queen Mary I's time and may have much earlier origins.

Photo: Stefan Czapski, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Residential area
Description: almshouse in Richmond upon Thames, London, England, UK
Also known as: “Richmond Church, Estate Almshouses”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Holy Trinity Richmond and Hickey’s Almshouses.

Holy Trinity Richmond

Church

Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Holy Trinity Richmond is an Anglican parish church in Sheen Park, Richmond, London. Holy Trinity Richmond is situated 420 feet northwest of Church Estate Almshouses.

Hickey’s Almshouses

Residential area

Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hickey's Almshouses are almshouses between Sheen Road and St Mary's Grove in Richmond, London. A plaque over the entrance records that the almshouses were built "for Ten poor Men and Ten poor Women by the bounty of William Hickey Esq.

North Sheen railway station

Railway station

Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.

North Sheen railway station is in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, in south-west London, and is in London fare zone 3. The station, on the eastern edge of Richmond, is named after the North Sheen area which, in 1965, was absorbed by Kew. North Sheen railway station is situated 1,600 feet northeast of Church Estate Almshouses.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Richmond and Richmond-Kew.

Richmond

Town

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Richmond is a town in south-west London, 8.2 miles west-southwest of Charing Cross. It stands on the River Thames, and features many parks and open spaces, including Richmond Park, and many protected conservation areas, which include much of Richmond Hill.

Richmond-Kew

Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Richmond-Kew is a district in south-west London. This is perhaps the area of outer London with the most to offer visitors.

North Sheen

Suburb

Photo: Hassocks5489, Public domain.

North Sheen is an area of London, England in the former Municipal Borough of Richmond. It was incorporated into Kew in 1965 when the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames was created.

Church Estate Almshouses

Category: almshouse
Location: Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.46228° or 51° 27′ 44″ north

Longitude

-0.29148° or 0° 17′ 29″ west

Open location code

9C3XFP65+WC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 835440207

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

Wikidata ID

Q20711336

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In Other Languages

“Church Estate Almshouses” goes by many names.

Igbo: “Ụlọ Ndị Ọgaranya nke Chọọchị”

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