London Orphan Asylum, Linscott Road, Clapton, London
Architect/Designer | Inman, William Southcote (1798-1879) |
Artist/Photographer | Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer (1793-1864) |
Country | UK: England |
City | London |
Subject Date | 1825 |
Image Date | 1820 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Greek Revival |
Medium | Drawing |
Library Reference | SD65/27 |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Colonnades ; Orphanages ; Porticos |
NOTES: This study was engraved for Thomas H. Shepherd and James Elmes. Metropolitan improvements (London, 1827-[1830]). The building was taken over by the Salvation Army in 1881 who roofed over the courtyard. In 1975 it was bought by the borough of Hackney and was subsequently demolished except for the portico and colonnades and school buildings built behind it.
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