Buildings in Red Lion Street
Buildings in Red Lion Street
Record No
120054
Title
Buildings in Red Lion Street
Description
Buildings in the back yard of the Old George, 64 Red Lion Street (now Reardon Path), Wapping. On the left, the window is boarded up and on the wall above it are an iron nail and ring to tie a washing line onto. Behind the back door is a room made of wooden planks, with a window in it, that has been built onto the back of the house at a low first-floor level. Next to this is a brick outhouse with an ornately tiled roof, the window and door of which are missing. Some rubble is lying in the yard. In the background, another building in the street can be seen. The pub was demolished in 1929. Between 1926 and 1932, the street was redeveloped as part of London County Council’s Wapping housing scheme. The southern part of Red Lion Street was widened by Stepney Borough Council and in 1938 was renamed Reardon Path; the northern part was renamed Reardon Street. Slum housing was replaced by twelve blocks of flats named after famous sailors and explorers who had sailed out from the East End docks. These flats were renovated during the development phase that began in the 1970s and still exist under their original names. Beechey House, Parry House, Willoughby House and Vancouver House are all in Reardon Path. The site where the pub stood is now a patch of grass between Beechey House and Parry House.
Date of execution
1929
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_397_A5367
London picture map location
Exact
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