Interior of Asylum in Lower Clapton Road
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Interior of Asylum in Lower Clapton Road
Interior of Asylum in Lower Clapton Road
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SC_PHL_01_116_A6788 (Collage 69951)
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The London Archives: LCC Photograph Library
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View of staircase in British Asylum for Deaf and Dumb Females, 179 Lower Clapton Road, Hackney. The Asylum was founded in 1851 in Stamford Hill by Mr and Mrs Sutton to provide education for deaf females over the age of 10; at the time it was the only institution of this kind in Britain. It moved to Eagle House in Homerton in 1857, and to number 179 Lower Clapton Road in 1864, where it stayed until the final move to 26 Clapton Common in 1933. The building was compulsorily purchased and demolished to build Powell House, a complex of five-storey apartment blocks in 1934. The Asylum closed down in 1986.
View of staircase in British Asylum for Deaf and Dumb Females, 179 Lower Clapton Road, Hackney. The Asylum was founded in 1851 in Stamford Hill by Mr and Mrs Sutton to provide education for deaf females over the age of 10; at the time it was the only institution of this kind in Britain. It moved to Eagle House in Homerton in 1857, and to number 179 Lower Clapton Road in 1864, where it stayed until the final move to 26 Clapton Common in 1933. The building was compulsorily purchased and demolished to build Powell House, a complex of five-storey apartment blocks in 1934. The Asylum closed down in 1986.
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