MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)'s photos with the keyword: wash house
IMG 1405-001-Wells & Campden Baths & Wash-Houses
25 May 2024 |
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Built in 1888, by Henry S Legg; converted to housing c1985. Grade II listed. I was confused about the "Campden" on the stone fascia, rather than "Camden" as the borough is spelt. I think there might be a connection to the Hampstead Wells and Campden Charity. I found this on the website of the Wells and Campden Trust:
"Although the Trust in its present form dates only from 1971, its earliest origins were in 1698 when the Earl of Gainsborough, then an infant, through his mother The Hon Susanna Noel, gave six acres of land for the perpetual benefit of the poor of the Parish of Hampstead. This became known as the Wells Charity, taking its name from the Chalybeate Well built by the Earl of Gainsborough to commemorate the bequest. It was on this land that the residential estate of the Trust was built.
"The origins of the Campden Charity date back to the early days of the English Civil War in 1642, when Lady Campden (a member of the Gainsborough family) made a bequest of £200, which, together with two further bequests, totalled £250.
"This was used to buy land in Child’s Hill and the income from the land was to be divided: half for the perpetual benefit of the poor and needy of the Parish of Hampstead and half for apprenticeships for poor boys of the same parish. The Campden Charity existed till 1880, when it merged with the Wells Charity and the Wells and Campden Charity was established."
Here's a photo of the Chalybeate Well, which is a stone's throw away from the bath house:
Wash-house Court 4
07 Dec 2014 |
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Some of the brothers live in rooms around the court.
Wash-house Court 3
07 Dec 2014 |
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The walls of the Wash House Court are Tudor. This doorway appears in an episode of Rev.
Wash-house Court 2
Wash-house Court 1
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