Interior of Craft School in Stepney Green
Interior of Craft School in Stepney Green
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Interior of Craft School in Stepney Green
SC_PHL_01_399_169c (Collage 120233)
London Metropolitan Archives: LCC Photograph Library
Interior view showing the detail of an ornate wooden staircase of the Craft School at number 37-39 Stepney Green, Stepney. There are wooden carvings hanging on the panelled walls. The entrance hall is visible through an archway below the stairs. This Grade II listed Queen Anne house 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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