George Porter (architect)

George Porter was an Early Victorian English architect, active in early to mid-nineteenth-century Kent, England.

Works

The Free Watermen and Lightermen’s Almshouses (generally known as the Royal Watermen's Almshouses) on Beckenham Road, Penge, Kent, built 1840-1841 to designs by George Porter (architect)^[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]

^ ^a ^b John Newman. West Kent and the Weald. The “Buildings of England” Series, First Edition, Sir Nikolaus Pevsner and Judy Nairn, eds. (London: Penguin, 1969), p.433.
^ http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/bromley/penge/royal-watermans.htm ideal-homes.org.uk