Emanuel Hospital, Westminster, ca.1886

From: Henry Dixon & Son

RA Collection: Art

"Emanuel Hospital, in James Street, Buckingham Gate, the most picturesque of the London almhouses, is also known as Lady Dacre's Almhouses, the Hospital having been founded by the will of Lady Dacre, in 1601. The Hospital is under the management of the Corporation of London. It is understood that a scheme in preparation for dealing with the Hospital, involves the destruction of the existing buildings."

The above description, by Alfred Marks, was taken from the letterpress which accompanies the photographs. The almshouses which were rebuilt in the reign of Queen Anne were demolished in 1894. Replaced with St James' Court, Buckingham Gate, today Westminster City School occupies the land formely belonging to the Hospital.