Bethnal Green
Italianate Leopold Buildings in Columbia Road, Bethnal Green, built in 1872 by The Improved Industrial Dwellings Company, a philanthropic Model dwellings company founded by Sir Sydney Waterlow on land leased by Angela Burdett-Coutts - then the richest woman in Britain, nicknamed 'The Queen of the Poor'. The buildings were Grade II listed by English Heritage in 1994 and refurbished in 1997.
Bethnal Green
Italianate Leopold Buildings in Columbia Road, Bethnal Green, built in 1872 by The Improved Industrial Dwellings Company, a philanthropic Model dwellings company founded by Sir Sydney Waterlow on land leased by Angela Burdett-Coutts - then the richest woman in Britain, nicknamed 'The Queen of the Poor'. The buildings were Grade II listed by English Heritage in 1994 and refurbished in 1997.