Interior of a house in Bow Road
Interior of a house in Bow Road
Record No
109643
Title
Interior of a house in Bow Road
Description
First floor, south-east, front room ceiling in 215 to 217 Bow Road, Poplar. Elaborate plaster ceiling from c1600 displaying moulded bands and floral ornamentation. Anchor plates at regular intervals on the higher reaches of the walls, and hand-painted signs read ‘Exit’ and ‘26’. The house was built in the early-seventeenth century and 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. The house was demolished c1929 and replaced with a garage (latterly, Unity Tyre Co. Ltd), which was demolished c2015 and redeveloped for Acacia House flats.
Date of execution
1912
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_287_WN1359
London picture map location
Exact
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