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Posted: 20 Aug 2011


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french hospital, hackney, london

french hospital, hackney, london
founded in 1717 as la providence, this was an almshouse for french protestants. originally in bath st., near old st. in islington, it moved into these new buildings in 1864. designed by r.l.roumieu to house 40 men and twenty women over 60, even the original buildings had been too big by 1808, when several were demolished, and this behemoth proved that england was running out of huguenots. it was eventually sold, ironically to the catholic church, and is now an annex of the cardinal pole school

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