Guinness Trust Buildings, London
Architect
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Joseph, Son & Smithen
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Date Built
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1900
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Location
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Fulham Palace
Road, Hammersmith
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Description
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The
"victoriaweb.ord" website says that, "...
this build is a turn-of-the-century
successful private attempt to provide
adequate housing for the poorer members of
British society .... the Guinness Trust is
the oldest member of the Guinness
Partnership, a group of housing
associations. . . [and] was founded in 1890
by Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh,
great grandson of the founder of the
Guinness Brewery, to help homeless people in
London and Dublin. ”
According to the Guinness Partnership website
the land for this development cost the Guinness
Trust £12,000. When completed the
buildings comprised 364 flats.
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