Wentworth Dwellings in Wentworth Street
Wentworth Dwellings in Wentworth Street
Record No
121605
Title
Wentworth Dwellings in Wentworth Street
Description
View of the backs of Wentworth Dwellings in Wentworth Street, Spitalfields, in the former Metropolitan Borough of Stepney, and Goulston Street, from New Goulston Street, looking north. The vacant plot with the low brick boundary wall at the rear of the buildings in the foreground, was built after the demolition of Davis Mansions, and late-nineteenth-century buildings at 6 to 17 New Goulston Street. The original five-storey blocks built c1886, latterly named Merchant House c1991 after refurbishment, can be seen on the right, with washing hung out at the stair landings and balconies. Also a later block at 61 to 72 Wentworth Dwellings, on the left, rebuilt c1950 after being destroyed by bombing during World War II, seen with casement windows, and a roof-mounted lift motor room. Visible on the far right is the front elevation of 90 to 122 Wentworth Dwellings where a crucially evidential fragment of blood-stained clothing of the fourth of Jack the Ripper's victims, Catherine Eddowes, was discovered). Latterly named Arcadia Court after refurbishment c1991, with shops at the ground floor at 36 to 48 Goulston Street, which includes Ralph Swimer Limited, clothing wholesaler, and Israeli Restaurant, luncheonette and hot salt beef bar. The vacant plot has since redeveloped with landscaping, car parking, podiums formed above space for market storage , and low-rise housing at 20 to 27 Wentworth Dwellings. 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_12
London picture map location
Exact
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