Licensed Victuallers Benevolent Institution (Caroline Gardens)

The Licensed Victuallers' Benevolent Institution, also known as Caroline Gardens, is the main block of a complex of former almshouses built between 1827 and 1833 by Henry Rose. It is constructed of stock brick with a stucco cornice and a plain blocking course. The building is U-shaped, featuring lanes through at each corner and houses facing outward on both sides and at the ends.

The exterior is two storeys high, with three bays on each side. The central chapel has a hexastyle Ionic portico, an entablature with a dentil cornice, and a pediment above, which includes the inscription "FOUNDED 1827" in the tympanum on either side of a clock. Above the chapel is a two-stage square classical cupola. The projecting central section under the portico has angle pilasters and a high, battered door with a moulded architrave and a console bracketed cornice. The set-back side sections originally had entrances, now bricked up, featuring pilasters and an entablature with a dentil cornice. On the stylobate, there are two large Coade stone torchieres.

The rest of the range includes quoin pilasters and pilasters defining the end two houses on each side, which slightly project. There are double doors with oblong overlights, and the sash windows have gauged, cambered brick arches with glazing bars. A stucco string course runs above the first floor, with a brick string course below it. The rear elevation mirrors the front, with a central, slightly projecting three bays (the chapel) that are slightly higher, featuring quoin pilasters and a central door. The ends facing the street consist of five bays, with a projecting central three bays under a pediment supported by four giant pilasters between the windows. This section has stucco architraves for the doors and windows, a stuccoed plinth, and a first-floor sill band.

The interior of the chapel was destroyed during World War II and was derelict at the time of the survey. Nos. 1-100 Caroline Gardens are part of a large complex consisting of double U-shaped ranges surrounding a central garden with a wide court in between.