On the east side of Old Broad Street at the back of Gresham House stood 8 almshouses built by Sir Thomas Gresham (S.178).
Removed for the erection of the Excise Office in 1767 (Welch, p. 23) and erected in City Green Yard, Whitecross Street, Cripplegate, where they remained until 1883, when they were removed to Brixton.