Buildings in Stepney Green
Buildings in Stepney Green
Record No
120363
Title
Buildings in Stepney Green
Description
A view of the Craft School at number 37-39 Stepney Green, Stepney, a Queen Anne House with cast iron railings on top of a brick wall either side of a full height ornate iron gate. The front door has panelled pilasters and carved scroll brackets supporting a shell hood. The first-floor level windows have Juliet balconies and there are attic room windows. This Grade II listed building was built in 1694 by Dormar Sheppard, a enslaver and merchant. Notable owners include Dame Mary Gayer, widow of the East India Company's Governor of Bombay, and in 1812-19 Nicholas Charrington, proprietor of the local Charrington Brewery. It became an institution and was a home for aged Jews after 1880, the Craft School in 1907, and served as Council Offices and a Careers Office during the 1980s. In 1998 it was purchased by the Spitalfields Trust and restored to become a family home. To the left is the entrance to The Geere House Open Air School, a small open-air school for tuberculous children established in 1927 by the LCC in the gardens of numbers 35-37. The school closed down at the beginning of World War II and its pupils were evacuated to a large house in Ascot called Daneswood. To the right of the photograph there is a ladder and scaffolding against the wall of the London Jewish Hospital which was established to serve the needs of the Jewish population in the East End. With its own synagogue and kitchens preparing kosher food, it was sold for redevelopment as a private clinic in 1979. The hospital and synagogue were demolished and the London Independent Hospital with a frontage on Beaumont Square constructed. Housing now occupies what was the Stepney Green frontage.
Date of execution
1947
Section
London Metropolitan Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Notes
- Updated 2010 10 28
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_399_F4040
London picture map location
Approximate
Subjects
Buy this image

You can obtain a high-quality print of this image to hang on you wall at home using the form below. The frame you see in the photographs is for illustrative purposes. We only sell the print or poster. You can also purchase a digital file and a usage licence from a wide range of options including editorial and academic uses and product sales.

We aim to process all orders within 5 working days.

Once you have selected your options, the total price will be displayed at the bottom of the page. This includes the cost of the print or digital file, and the cost of the usage licence you have selected (where applicable).

If your usage is not listed, please contact us.

Please note that all licences obtained from the London Picture Archive are subject to our Image Usage Licence Terms and Conditions. Please read the terms and conditions before proceeding with your purchase.

Required information
Media options

Please select your required print size or digital file format. If you require a larger print or file size please contact us.