| Free Watermen and Lightermen's Almshouses / Royal Watermen's Almshouses | |||||||||
| Location Town: | Penge, London Borough of Bromley | ||||||||
| Location Country: | England | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 51.4166°N -0.0538°W | ||||||||
| Architect: | George Porter | ||||||||
| Client: | Company of Watermen and Lightermen, City of London | ||||||||
| Construction Start Date: | 1840 | ||||||||
| Completion Date: | 1841 | ||||||||
| Structural System: | Yellow brick with limestone dressings | ||||||||
| Style: | Victorian architecture, Tudor Revival architecture | ||||||||
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The Free Watermen and Lightermen's Almshouses (generally known as the Royal Watermen's Almshouses) on Beckenham Road / Penge High Street, Penge, London Borough of Bromley were built in 1840–1841 to designs by the architect George Porter[1] by the Company of Watermen and Lightermen of the City of London for retired company freemen and their widows. It is the most prominent and oldest of the Victorian almshouses in Penge.[2] In 1973, the almspeople were moved to a new site in Hastings, and the original buildings were converted into private homes.[1] They have been Grade II listed since 1973.[3]