Interior of Asylum in Lower Clapton Road
Interior of Asylum in Lower Clapton Road
Record No
69950
Title
Interior of Asylum in Lower Clapton Road
Description
View of entrance hall in British Asylum for Deaf and Dumb Females, 179 Lower Clapton Road, Hackney. Glass fanlight, grandfather clock and chairs. 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.
Date of execution
1930
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_116_A6787
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