Plaque

St Vincent's - blue plaque

Erection date: 2008

Inscription

St Vincent's takes its name from the Brothers of St Vincent de Paul who ran a boys' orphanage in an old house on this site in the 1860s. The Sisters of the Misericorde of Seez lived here from 1868 to 1964 and rebuilt the house in 1913. Since 1968 St Vincent's has been a care home. It was again rebuilt in 2006.
Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group - 2008

Site: St Vincent's (2 memorials)

W6, Queen Caroline Street

March 2018 this care home was run by Care UK. Both plaques are visible in our photo, on the wall that you can see between the two gate piers.

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St Vincent's - blue plaque

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St Vincent's Boys' Home

St Vincent’s Home for Destitute Boys was established in 1859 at what is now S...

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Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group

Founded to focus attention on the historic environment of the borough and to ...

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St Vincent's - stone plaque

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