Cottages in Albert Road
Cottages in Albert Road
Record No
167921
Title
Cottages in Albert Road
Description
Albert Road is a spinal route running parallel to this stretch of the Thames, which served the substantial commercial and residential development built around the Royal Docks during the late nineteenth century. Parts of the road were either in North Woolwich, Kent, or East Ham, Essex, originally having sequences of street numbering in two directions, but all is now within the London Borough of Newham. This view shows a pair of houses from a terrace believed to have been on the north side of Albert Road between Robert Street and Church Street at numbers 44 and 46. Two small smartly dressed boys stand by the door to number 44, one holding a soft toy. All the windows have patterned lace and fabric curtains and blinds. Considering the building probably dated from the early 1890s, cracking can be seen in the brickwork above the first-floor windows, possibly due to the site being developed on marshland, although the terrace is still marked as standing in post-war OS maps having also survived severe bombing in the locality. There is a tide mark across the front of the cottages indicating there may have been a persistent problem with splashing from puddles in the road caused by passing carriages. There is handwriting to the foot of the image stating 'Albert Road - nos 44 + 46 Photographed by S B Bolas & Co'. The site was redeveloped in the late twentieth century and the gardens of modern houses in Albert Walk have replaced most of this stretch of Albert Road.
Date of execution
1899
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Artist
Bolas, S. B. & Co.
Notes
Although north of the River Thames part of Albert Road (even numbers from 112 to 360 and odd numbers from 137 to 205) was within the Municipal Borough of Woolwich between 1889 and 1965. The rest of the road including these buildings was outside of the County of London local government area.
Medium
photograph
Support
paper
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_554_74_8988
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