Erection date: 1840
{Beneath the Thackeray family coat of arms with the motto 'Tenez le Droit' (Uphold the right):}
Built and endowed in 1840, for six aged females, by John Thackeray of the Priory, Lewisham, who died on the 13th day of May 1851.
This plaque must have initially been erected without the last section of text, "who died...".
SE6, Rushey Green
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesof london.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Lewisham Almshouses
Philanthropist. He was a wealthy benefactor, particularly to Lewisham and Chr...
The home of philanthropist John Thackeray. It was built in the gothic style w...
The house has obviously seen better days. 2015: campaign to save it.
The Lascelles plaque is to the right of the central door, Lambourne to the left. Built 1928, architect: John Murray Easton.
Picasso worked here for 2 months in the studio of the Diaghilev's set-painters, Vladimir and Elizabeth Polunin.
The plaque can be seen in the lower left of our photo. 'Cutty Sark Gardens' sounds like a sarky name for a large area which is almost ent...
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