Shops and buildings in Bow Road
Shops and buildings in Bow Road
Record No
109554
Title
Shops and buildings in Bow Road
Description
219 to 221 Bow Road, Poplar. A wide two-storey, brick building; front wall topped with metal railing with ‘H’ hydrant plaque, two stone piers capped with ball finials which mark an entrance through the building (leading to a factory out of frame at the rear). The attics are obscured by an advertising hoarding on the roof that reads ‘Anderson, Anderson & Anderson Ltd. India Rubber Manufacturers [35] St. Paul's Churchyard, London, E.C. and at 37 Queen Victoria St. E.C’. From 1887 to 1932 the premises of Anderson Rubber Company Ltd, manufacturer of rubber oilskin clothing and sports goods. Demolished c1935 and replaced with an industrial building that was demolished c2017 and redeveloped into ‘Alameda Place’ flats. 215-217, a three-storey brick building with timber shopfront entrance. Signs on building read: ’Workmen’s Homes’ ‘Good Beds’. The building was a ‘common lodging house’ run by Thomas Levy & Co. Ltd. A man stands outside, next to an electrical feed mast carrying contact wires for the trolley bus system. Built in early-seventeenth century, remodelled in the eighteenth century, the former home of Edmund Lord Sheffield 1564–1646 who, as captain of the Queen's ship ‘The White Bear’, fought against the Armada of Spain in 1588. Demolished 1929 and replaced by a garage (latterly, Unity Tyre Co. Ltd), demolished c2015 and redeveloped into Acacia House flats. At 207 - 209, a shopfront sign reads Knowles (Knowles Sheridan & Co Ltd, Picture Framers and showcard frame manufacturers). On the left, a traffic island with bollards.
Date of execution
1909
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_287_68_6515
London picture map location
Exact
Subjects
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