Craft School in Stepney Green
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Craft School in Stepney Green
Craft School in Stepney Green
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SC_PHL_01_399_165c (Collage 120229)
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London Metropolitan Archives: LCC Photograph Library
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Front elevation of the Craft School at number 37-39 Stepney Green, Stepney. This Queen Anne House has cast iron railings on top of a brick wall either side of a full height ornate iron gate which opens on to a chequerboard path through the front garden. There are steps with iron handrails leading up to the front door which has panelled pilasters and carved scroll brackets supporting a shell hood. There are basement windows at the level of the front steps, two windows each side of the front door, five first-floor level windows with Juliet balconies and five 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.
Front elevation of the Craft School at number 37-39 Stepney Green, Stepney. This Queen Anne House has cast iron railings on top of a brick wall either side of a full height ornate iron gate which opens on to a chequerboard path through the front garden. There are steps with iron handrails leading up to the front door which has panelled pilasters and carved scroll brackets supporting a shell hood. There are basement windows at the level of the front steps, two windows each side of the front door, five first-floor level windows with Juliet balconies and five 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.
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