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In another thread, someone mentioned that the Victoria building was located at the corner of Commerical Street and Wentworth, placing it in the vicinity of the Gouston Street Graffiti. I may be mistaken, but I thought the Victoria Home was also known as the Peabody House (set up by the Peabody Foundation, which provided cheap housing for the poor). And, that was located further north, at the corner of Commercial Street and Folgate Street (placing it in the vicinity of Annie Chapman's murder location). Or have I got that wrong?
- Jeff
Here's the info I have on the Peabody House:
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/su...ol27/pp256-264
See the section headed "Nos. 135–153 (odd) Commercial Street"
In 1863 the Peabody Trustees purchased a site in Commercial Street from the Commissioners of Works for £3,300, (fn. 83) and opened their first block of family dwellings there on 29 February 1864 (fn. 84) (Plate 77a). The architect was H. A. Darbishire, (fn. 83) who had previously designed Columbia Square, Bethnal Green, for Miss Burdett Coutts. (fn. 85)
The arrangement of these first Peabody Buildings is noteworthy, the planning being on similar lines to that of Columbia Square, and setting a pattern which was to be followed in many subsequent Peabody estates. This sombre red brick building takes the form of two five-storeyed ranges merging together at the acute-angled corner of Commercial Street and Folgate Street.
- Jeff
Here's the info I have on the Peabody House:
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/su...ol27/pp256-264
See the section headed "Nos. 135–153 (odd) Commercial Street"
In 1863 the Peabody Trustees purchased a site in Commercial Street from the Commissioners of Works for £3,300, (fn. 83) and opened their first block of family dwellings there on 29 February 1864 (fn. 84) (Plate 77a). The architect was H. A. Darbishire, (fn. 83) who had previously designed Columbia Square, Bethnal Green, for Miss Burdett Coutts. (fn. 85)
The arrangement of these first Peabody Buildings is noteworthy, the planning being on similar lines to that of Columbia Square, and setting a pattern which was to be followed in many subsequent Peabody estates. This sombre red brick building takes the form of two five-storeyed ranges merging together at the acute-angled corner of Commercial Street and Folgate Street.
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