View of Wentworth Street
View of Wentworth Street
Record No
121599
Title
View of Wentworth Street
Description
View across the roof tops of Wentworth Street, Spitalfields, in the former Metropolitan Borough of Stepney, looking east, probably, from the top-floor flats on the Middlesex Street Estate. Wentworth Dwellings can be seen, bottom right, with shops at the ground floor at 16 to 28 Wentworth Street, built c1886 and renamed Merchant House c1991 after refurbishment. Also in view are 61 to 72 Wentworth Dwellings at 6 to 14 Wentworth Street, rebuilt c1950 after being destroyed by bombing during World War II. Market stalls of Petticoat Lane Market are visible along the street, with a delivery van and crowds of shoppers. Shops either side of the market include the premises of G. S. Lohia, ladies, gents and children's wear, Jackie Brafman, wholesale and retail, and M. Goodman on the corner with Toynbee Street. Buildings visible in the distance include the point blocks of Denning Point in Commercial Street, closer on the right, and the 19-storey Pauline House in Old Montague Street, on the left, with a concrete-framed six-storey commercial building at 1 to 7 Brick Lane, left, seen beyond the arched windows of Grade II listed, entry 1246631 yellow brick building at 44 to 52 Commercial Street, and probably, Richard Seifert's c1963 eight-storey Brunning House at 100 Spitalfields, further distant on the right. Wentworth Street is a conservation area, designated in 1989.
Date of execution
1975
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_404_75_35_76_20
London picture map location
Exact
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