by Craig Williams | Feb 6, 2019
The Truman Brewery The Black Eagle Brewery is the former brewing plant of Truman’s Brewery located around Brick Lane in the Spitalfields area, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Truman’s subsequently became Truman, Hanbury and Buxton. By 1853, the...
by Craig Williams | Jan 26, 2019
Cumberland Lodge The house was built by John Byfield, an army captain, in 1650 when Oliver Cromwell divided up and sold off lots in Windsor Great Park. The house was called Byfield House until 1670. It was then renamed New Lodge, and at times was also known as Windsor...
by Murray Price | Jan 15, 2019
Toynbee Hall The building was designed by Elijah Hoole in vicarage-gothic style. It was designated a Grade II listed building in 1973. It was adjacent to the church of St Jude, Whitechapel (demolished in 1927), and was on the site of a disused industrial school. It...
by Murray Price | Jan 15, 2019
49-60 Borough Road The former factory, built around 1889 was once the thriving home to one of London’s premier blacking services, Day and Martin. The earliest and biggest company in the UK to commercially exploit manufactured blacking, it was a monumentally wealthy...
by Murray Price | Jan 11, 2019
Fletton Quays The Grade II listed Victorian engine sheds were part of the former Peterborough East station, which was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) in June 1845. As the city’s first railway station, it was initially known as Peterborough until being...
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