greycoat

Updated: May 15, 2025

At the end, if we turn to the left, we come into Old Rochester Row, and so to Greycoat Place, in which stands the Greycoat Hospital. This building, one of the few old ones left in the parish, has a red-tiled roof and dormer windows, projecting eaves and heavy window-frames. Two wings enclose a courtyard, which is below the level of the road.

Sir Walter Besant - Westminster: The Fascination of London

Above the central porch, in niches, are the figures of a boy and girl in the old-fashioned Greycoat garb. In the centre are the Royal arms of Queen Anne, and a turret with clock and vane surmounts the roof. This hospital was founded in 1698 for the education of seventy poor boys and forty poor girls.

Sir Walter Besant - Westminster: The Fascination of London