George Porter (architect)
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George Porter was an Early Victorian English architect, active in early to mid-nineteenth-century Kent
, England
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Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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Works
- The Free Watermen and Lightermen’s AlmshousesFree Watermen and Lightermen’s AlmshousesThe Free Watermen and Lightermen’s Almshouses on Beckenham Road / Penge High Street, Penge, Kent, were built in 1840–1841 to designs by the architect George Porter by the Company of Watermen and Lightermen of the City of London for retired company freemen and their widows...
(generally known as the Royal Watermen's Almshouses) on Beckenham Road, PengePengePenge is a suburb of London in the London Borough of Bromley. It is located south east of Charing Cross.-History:Penge was once a small town, which was recorded under the name Penceat in a Saxon deed dating from 957...
, KentKentKent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, built 1840-1841 to designs by George Porter (architect) by the Company of Watermen and Lightermen of the City of LondonCity of LondonThe City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of...
for retired company Freemen and their widows. It is the most prominent and oldest of the Victorian almshouseAlmshouseAlmshouses are charitable housing provided to enable people to live in a particular community...
s in Penge. In 1973, the almspeople were moved to a new site in Hastings, and the original buildings were converted into private homes.