The Lost Church Row Houses
The Lost Church Row Houses
Picture of Church Row by Will Owen.
From ' Old London Town ', by Will Owen, 1921,
a delightful little book of sketches and comments
about London after the First World War.
This is a sketch by Will Owen of the first of a number of beautiful old houses known as Church Row, drawn before they were demolished in the 1930s. They extended from the Library to the old Parish Church, which he called
| 'a quaint old village church standing in an ancient graveyard and almost hidden by trees. It is a dull and uninteresting street, with here and there the decaying relic of a glorious old house and one Ancient Inn - "The Red Lion" - trying vainly to look young; and at the end comes a row of early eighteenth century houses, built of that rich red brick that grows richer with age, with pretty porches creeper-covered and this is Church Row.' |
The Rear of 106-118 Church Row with their delightful walled gardens
This is now the site of the Town Hall
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(Photograph by permission of Hackney Archive)
The 1834 map shows the Church Street houses from 154
to 161
(Use the larger image to search for the houses)
