Wentworth Dwellings in Wentworth Street
Wentworth Dwellings in Wentworth Street
Record No
121612
Title
Wentworth Dwellings in Wentworth Street
Description
View of the rear of six-storey with basement brick tenement buildings at 144 to 187 Wentworth Dwellings in Wentworth Street, Spitalfields, in the former Metropolitan Borough of Stepney, looking east. The building has since been renamed Arcadia Court following refurbishment c1991 at part of the Goulston Street Improvement scheme. A doctored sign on the wall decrees '[no] ball games of any kind permitted in the courtyard'. Rugs and washing can be seen hung out on the balconies, and draped over the balcony railings. The ground-floor windows, at the rear of shops, have been bricked-up. Young children can be seen at the far right of the view, standing next to the block numbers 188 to 222 Wentworth Dwellings, which were subsequently demolished. 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_76A_9
London picture map location
Exact
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