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    • The House and its Location
    • Entrance Hall
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A Brief Tour of Trinity House

Entrance Hall From the moment you enter through the front door, you are aware of a house steeped in maritime history. Massive models of 17th century ships are displayed in glass cases. A sidereal clock nestles in one corner and half hidden behind the doorway, is the binnacle from HMS Warspite, veteran of both world wars. The focus of attention, however is soon drawn to the staircase, flanked by the statues of two imposing gentlemen who seem to be appraising the visitor with a benevolent but knowing eye. Click here for a 360° view. These are both benefactors of the Corporation. Captain Robert Sandes, on the left, was a Deputy Master of Trinity House who established a Trust for poor seamen and their dependants. Income from his Lincolnshire estate, which passed to the corporation on his death in 1721, still supports the charities administered by Trinity House. A bequest in the will in 1680 of Captain Richard Maples, on the right, provided for almshouses in Deptford. His statue, which was exposed to the elements in Deptford for 250 years, owes it's remarkable preservation to the stucco-like plaster that covers it, known as Coade Stone, whose formulas died with the last of the Coade family in 1837.