Blocks of flats at 46-65 and 66-105 in Royal Mint Square, Shadwell, viewed from the Square looking south-west. Flats 46-65 are on the right in the photo and flats 66-105 are on the left. The flats are five-storey and have both sash and bay windows. They were built on the five-acre site in 1887-88 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. The 46-65 block is derelict, the ground-floor flats are boarded up and several windows are broken on the first and second floors. Behind this block there is a block of flats, a hut or garden shed and a parked car in Cartwright Street. In front of the block, two children are playing on swings, which are in a fenced-in area of the courtyard. There is a tree in the courtyard and in front of it a brick, concrete, steel and aluminium structure. In front of this, two women are standing and talking. One of the women is holding a dog on a lead. Three saloon cars are parked outside block 46-65. 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.