Block of flats at 186-225 Royal Mint Square, Shadwell, which is at right angles to the block containing flats 146-185, on the left of that block. The photo was taken from the Square looking north. The flats are five-storey and have both sash and bay windows. They were built on the five-acre site in 1887-8 by Pink, Fryer & Co with the Metropolitan Industrial Dwelling Company as accommodation for skilled Royal Mint employees. Their original plans had to be modified because part of the site had been the Aldgate Burial Ground which belonged to St Botolph Aldgate Church. At the top right, a flat on the top floor of the 146-185 block has flowers in boxes. There is a lot of graffiti on the walls of the ground-floor flats and the flat at the left of the photo has protective material over the lower halves of its three windows. At the bottom right, a saloon car, a Bedford van and an estate car are parked. Behind these, a woman is talking to a dog she has on a lead. Behind the block of flats, another block can be seen (which contains flats 40-43). Two boys are climbing on the window of one of the ground-floor flats in that block, another boy is standing behind them and a caretaker who is raking leaves is watching them. Behind the caretaker are buildings on Royal Mint Street. Both these blocks were demolished in 1975 and replaced by Greater London Council flats, which were built in 1978-82 by Andrews, Downie & Kelly, the chief architect being David Falla. They also modified their plans because of the Aldgate Burial Ground and built a garden area over it. The modern buildings consist of three blocks of four-storey flats, the lower storeys being in red-brown brick and the upper storeys in grey slate. The Aldgate Burial Ground area was excavated in 2005 and 238 human burials were recorded. The site is now called Royal Mint Place.