View of Wellclose Square
View of Wellclose Square
Record No
121577
Title
View of Wellclose Square
Description
View beyond four-, five-, and seven-storey buildings on the east side of Wellclose Square (formerly Marine Square), Whitechapel, in the former Metropolitan Borough of Stepney. At numbers 48 to 52, looking north towards North East Passage at the corner, and three- and four-storey terraced houses at numbers 1 and 5 on the north side. Buildings on the east side include the former Eagle Brewery and Tavern (also Eagle Distillery) at the corner, a seven-storey former pickle factory (previously, a sugar house) at 48 and 49, seen in a derelict state, next to the ruins of a former three-storey house, on the immediate right. Vehicles parked in the street include a Vauxhall Velox EIP saloon, a Morris Minor 1000 on the pavement, a Standard 10 Companion, with a Riley One Point Five saloon and a Ford Popular 100E, on the left next to the railings of St Paul’s Whitechapel Church of England Primary School. Small children can be seen playing in the street. The buildings were among the last to be demolished as part of the London County Council's slum clearance campaign, and redeveloped c1968 with the 28-storey Hatton House of the Greater London Council's, St George's Estate, and Swedenborg Gardens.
Date of execution
1961
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_404_61_3691
London picture map location
Exact
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