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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.

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Uploaded on February 24, 2014
Taken on February 16, 2014