Description: Survey of London - Spitalfields and Mile End New Town, The Parishes of Christchurch and All Saints; vol 27. The Athlone Press, University of London. Published for the London County Council. 1957. 400+ pp. hundreds of illustrations, photos, maps, elevations. Includes original large fold out pocket map. Original dustjacket has some tears and missing paper (see pics), but is protected in a plastic sheath. Otherwise interior of book and binding near pristine. This very rare, hard to find book is part of the monumental London Survey, begun in 1900 and still in production.. Description from British History Online: Spitalfields is well known for the handsome silk-weavers' houses in and around Spital Square, Fournier Street and Elder Street, with their distinctive weavers' garret workshops. The greater part of this volume is devoted to a detailed account of these houses. The area's principle monument (Nicholas Hawksmoor's masterpiece, Christ Church, Spitalfields (1714-29)) is also studied in detail, and its complex building history explained, making use of the then recently discovered archives of the Commissioners for Building Fifty New Churches. In addition, the volume takes in the adjoining suburb of Mile End New Town, an area of eighteenth-century origin, largely rebuilt in the late nineteenth century, and at the time of writing undergoing extensive redevelopment for public housing. Spitalfields Market, and the well-known brewery of Truman, Hanbury, Buxton and Company, are also described. please visit my ebay sites: Art https://www.ebay.com/str/rufus1226 Records www.ebay.com/usr/juledefelice_0 Books www.ebay.com/usr/j18-jule www.ebay.com/usr/judefe-65 https://www.ebay.com/usr/judefe16
Price: 150 USD
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Year Printed: 1957
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Topic: spitalfields
Binding: Hardcover
Region: UK
Subject: London
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Place of Publication: London
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated, Limited Edition
