Pensioners' Court And Stable Court, The Charterhouse

The Charterhouse Pensioners' Court and Stable Court are almshouses built between 1826 and 1840 as part of Sutton’s Hospital. The designs are attributed to Edward Blore, with possible involvement from Pilkington, the Surveyor to the Charterhouse. Constructed of yellow brick in Flemish bond with stone dressings, the roofs are covered in Welsh slate.

The south range, originally fourteen windows wide, features a slightly projecting entrance bay of three windows, two windows to the west, and nine windows to the east. An original segmental-arched carriage entrance is present, and the ground floor originally comprised an open arcade of five-centred arches, now blocked. First-floor windows have flat arches with chamfered mullions, hoodmoulds, and are three-light over the carriage arch, with the remainder being two-light. A moulded storey band and embattled parapet are present, along with an octagonal embattled tower to the entrance bay and octagonal corniced chimney shafts. East and west wings of three storeys include an arcade of five-centered arches forming a cloister to the ground floor of the east wing. First and second floor windows are flat-arched with two lights under hoodmoulds.

The north range has a south range of nine windows and a central entrance. Originally, the west, north, and east ranges contained nine Tudor-arched entrances, with the south-east corner now a window. This design would have provided a double-fronted arrangement for each house, with flat-arched two-light windows under hoodmoulds on both floors. Broad Tudor-arched carriage entrances match those on the south range, while a narrow Tudor-arched passage entrance is located in the north range, all featuring panelled doors. Moulded eaves rafters are also present, along with stacks to the ridge with shafts grouped in fours, featuring chamfered brickwork, a brick cornice, and stone coping.

Stable Court, a two-storey section of four windows, is located to the north and west of the north range and is more simply detailed.