London Merchant Seaman's Home and Red Ensign Club, 7 Dock Street, London
Country | UK: England |
City | London |
Subject Date | 1870 |
Image Date | 1947 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Victorian |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | AP Box 783 1946-1947 |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Hostels ; Clubs |
NOTES: The original sailor's home was founded in 1830 and opened in 1835 in Wellclose Square. In the late 1870s an extension was built fronting Dock Street, shown here and becoming its main entrance. In 1955 this building was demolished and a new one built with better facilities for seamen.
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