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Description: | Oil on canvas. Morden College was founded by the philanthropist Sir John Morden (1623-1708) in 1695 as a home for poor merchant men who were either single or widowed. The College may have been designed by Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723). However, the building project was overseen by his master mason, Edward Strong.
Today, it is a residential care home for both men and women, which includes accommodation for married couples. Staff of Morden College also now manage other retirement housing in the Blackheath area. | Subjects: | railing lawn carriage clock tower donkey horse health & welfare road gardener topography spire tree barrow woman landscape C19th mower garden chimney man | Temporal: | 1884 | Source: | Government Art Collection | Creator: | Henry Ashby Binckes | Identifier: | http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?... | Go to resource |
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