Queen's Road 81 & 83, "Park's Almshouses"
Road: Queen's Road, Teddington
Property: Park's Almshouses
The Park's Almshouses were built in 1900 by Cornelius John Park (-1909) in fulfilment of a bequest by his father, John Cornelius Park (1805-1887), who left £1000 in his will for this purpose. John Cornelius Park was a prominent builder and land owner who lived in Auckland House, Hampton Road, Teddington for many years. He is said to have built Teddington Hall and he is buried in Teddington Cemetery (although his gravestone and the plaque on the almshouses gives his year of birth as 1807 gives his year of
Although not a member of Teddington Baptist Church, John Cornelius Park appears to have been sympathetic to that Church and gave it a concessionary rent when it used Craig Hall in the period 1880-1880 before moving to its Church Road site.
This page is part of the Directory of Buildings of Townscape Merit in Teddington assembled by the Planning Group of The Teddington Society. Copyright for the material on this page rests with the contributor.