The GLIAS Database

Sites in Tower Hamlets

Accumulator Tower

Address : Mill Place, E14

Grid Reference : TQ 364811

Site Status : extant - Grade II

Albion Brewery

Address : Whitechapel Rd, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 349819

Aldgate East Station (1)

Address : Whitechapel High Street

Site Status : demolished

Aldgate East Station (2)

Site Status : extant

Artisan Housing

Address : Wilmot, Finnis and Corfield Streets, E2

Grid Reference : TQ 348825

Artisan Housing

Address : Deal St, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 342819

Artisan Housing

Address : off Columbia Rd, E2

Grid Reference : TQ 342828

Bakery & shop

Address : 12-13 Widegate St, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 334816

Bethnal Green Museum Building

Address : Cambridge Heath Rd, E2

Grid Reference : TQ 350829

Site Status : extant

Bishopsgate Goods Depot

Address : Shoreditch High Street, London

Grid Reference : TQ 335823 to TQ 340823

Black Eagle Brewery

Address : Brick Lane, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 338820

Blackwall Basin

Address : Prestons Rd, E14

Grid Reference : TQ 382802

Site Status : extant - Grade I

Blackwall Road Tunnel

Address : Tunnel Avenue, SE10

Grid Reference : TQ 389796 to TQ 382808

Site Status : extant

Blutex

Address : Smeed Road, E3 on corner with Dace Rd - main entrance 41 Dace Rd

Grid Reference : TQ 37058401

Bollards

Address : Grenade St, E14

Grid Reference : TQ 368809

Boundary Street Estate

Address : E2

Grid Reference : TQ 336826

Bow Bus Depot

Address : Fairfield Rd, E3

Grid Reference : TQ 374831

Bow Common Gasworks

Address : Bow Common Lane, E3

Grid Reference : TQ 371821

Bow Creek embankment work

Grid Reference : TQ 395810 and environs

Bow Road Police Station

Address : 111 Bow Road, Bow, E3 2AN

Grid Reference : TQ 37198284

Site Status : extant

Bow Road Underground Station

Address : E3

Grid Reference : TQ 371827

Site Status : extant - Grade II

Bromley Locks and Weir on R. Lea

Grid Reference : TQ 383824

Brunswick Power Station, closed

Grid Reference : TQ 388808

Bryant & May's Fairfield Works

Address : Fairfield Road, E3

Grid Reference : TQ 371833

Burrells Wharf

Address : West Ferry Rd

Canal Works

Address : 225 Old Ford Road, London, E3

Grid Reference : TQ 363835

Chimney

Address : Morville St, E3

Grid Reference : TQ 371832

Chimney

Address : Violet Rd, E3

Coal Drop Viaduct

Address : Durward St etc, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 344823 to TQ 346819

Combined Refuse Destructor/Generator Station

Address : Gunthorpe St, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 339816

Currently Stanton Rubber & Plastics Ltd.

Address : Ordell Road, E3

Grid Reference : TQ 369831

Depot, J.J. Prior (Transport) Ltd

Address : Leamouth Rd, E14

Grid Reference : TQ 390810

derelict site

Address : Beachy Road, E3, on the corner with Stour Rd.

Grid Reference : TQ 37178423

Devon Wharf

Address : Leven Rd, E14

Grid Reference : TQ 384816

Dispensary

Address : Alie St, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 340813

Dock Houses, Blackwall Basin

Address : Prestons Rd, E14

Grid Reference : TQ 383802

Site Status : extant - Grade II

Docklands Light Railway Thames Tunnel

Address : Between Island Gardens and Cutty Sark Stations

Site Status : extant

Dowding & Mills, electrical & mechanical services

Address : White Post Lane, E9, on the corner with Wallis Road

Grid Reference : TQ 37378457 to TQ 36798454

Dudley Stationery

Address : Wick Lane E3 (reception is 5 Crown Close E3)

Grid Reference : TQ 37038385

East India Docks

Address : East India Docks Rd, E14

Grid Reference : TQ 385810

Site Status : extant

East India Docks Impounding Station Building

Grid Reference : TQ 390808

Engineer's House

Address : 37 Wapping Wall, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 354806

Entertainment hall

Address : Back Church Lane, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 343813

Entrance to original London & Blackwall Railway Shadwell station

Grid Reference : TQ 349810

Fashion Street Arcade

Address : Fashion Street, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 338817

Fastway Engineering Car Repairs

Address : 429-431 Wick Lane, E3

Grid Reference : TQ 371837

Former Fire Station

Address : Tench St

Grid Reference : TQ 347802

Site Status : converted

Former gasworks, now Poplar Holder Station (ITG)

Address : Leven Rd, E14

Grid Reference : TQ 388816

Former Hydraulic Pumping Station (ex East India Dock Co)

Address : East India Dock Wall Rd

Grid Reference : TQ 386808

Former Hydraulic Pumping Station (ex MR)

Address : Duthie St/Blackwall Way

Grid Reference : TQ 384806

Former PLA Headquarters Building

Address : Trinity Square, EC3

Grid Reference : TQ 334808

Former Public Baths

Address : Cheshire St, E2

Grid Reference : TQ 344824

Former Soup Kitchen

Address : Brune St, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 337817

Former St. George's Brewery

Address : Commercial Rd, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 341814

Former Stepney East station

Address : Commercial Road, E14 7JD

Grid Reference : TQ 361812

Former sub-station

Address : Barkantine Energy Centre, Tiller Road, Isle of Dogs

Grid Reference : TQ 379794

Site Status : converted

Former Underground Station

Address : Whitechapel Rd, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 344816

Former Wash Houses

Address : Old Castle St, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 338814

Former Wool Warehouses

Address : Back Church Lane

Grid Reference : TQ 342810

GER Stables

Address : Cheshire St, E2

Grid Reference : TQ 342824

Godrey Phillips

Address : Calvin St, Spitalfields, E1

Greenwich Foot Tunnel

Address : Cutty Sark Gardens, SE10

Grid Reference : TQ 381779 to TQ 381783

Site Status : extant

Gun Wharves

Address : Wapping High St & Wapping Lane

Grid Reference : TQ 349801

Site Status : converted

Gunmakers' Company's Proof House for testing gun barrels

Address : Commercial Rd, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 341813

Gwilt Warehouses, West India Docks

Address : West India Docks Rd, E14

Grid Reference : TQ 373806

Site Status : extant - Grade I

H Forman & Son, Salmon Curers

Address : Queens Yard industrial estate, White Post Lane, E9, unit 6

Grid Reference : TQ 37378457 to TQ 36798454

Hamlet Industrial Centre

Address : 92 White Post Lane, E9

Grid Reference : TQ 37378457 to TQ 36798454

Hertford Union (Duckett's) Canal

Address : Victoria Park, E2

Grid Reference : TQ 358832 to TQ 373845

Site Status : extant

Huddart's Patent Cable Manufactory

Address : west of Burdett Road, London, E14

Grid Reference : TQ 36858125 to TQ 36758150

Iceland Metal Recycling or Jantet Chernin Ltd

Address : Iceland Road, E3

Grid Reference : TQ 372837

industrial estate

Address : Roach Road, E3, opposite the junction with Monier Rd

Grid Reference : TQ 37188429

Keeling House

Address : Claredale Street, E2

Site Status : extant - Grade II*

King Henry's Wharves

Address : Wapping High St

Grid Reference : TQ 800349

Site Status : converted

Lock Complex, Regent's Canal

Address : Old Ford Rd, E2

Grid Reference : TQ 359832

Site Status : extant

London & Blackwall Railway Viaduct

Grid Reference : TQ 334809 to TQ 373807

London & Blackwall Railway viaduct

Grid Reference : TQ 363811

London Docks

Address : Wapping Lane, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 342802

Site Status : extant

London Small Arms Co.

Address : Gunmakers Lane, E3

Grid Reference : TQ 364837

M. Gold & Co. (metals) Ltd. ?

Address : Trego Rd, E9

Grid Reference : TQ 36988447 to TQ 36848439

Metropolitan Wharf

Address : Wapping Wall

Grid Reference : TQ 352803

Site Status : converted

Mile End Road bridge

Grid Reference : TQ 362824

Millwall Docks

Grid Reference : TQ 375792

Millwall ironworks

Address : West Ferry Rd, E14

Grid Reference : TQ 3755784

Site Status : unknown

Millwall Outer Dock incinerator

Address : East Ferry Road, E14

Grid Reference : TQ 378790

Millwrights

Address : Back Church Lane, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 343813

Napier Yard

Address : West Ferry Rd

Grid Reference : TQ 374783

Site Status : partly extant

Naval Stores

Address : 11 West India Dock Rd

Grid Reference : TQ 370809

Site Status : extant - Grade II

New Crane Wharf

Address : Wapping High Street

Grid Reference : TQ 351803

Site Status : converted

Offices and housing, West India Docks

Address : West India Docks Rd, E14

Grid Reference : TQ 373807

Site Status : extant - listed

Old Aberdeen Wharf

Address : Wapping High St

Grid Reference : TQ 347800

Site Status : converted

Old George Public House

Address : 379 Bethnal Green Rd, E2

Grid Reference : TQ 345827

Oliver's Wharf

Address : 64 Wapping High Street

Grid Reference : TQ 347800

Site Status : converted

On R. Lea mechanised 18 ft wide paired locks

Grid Reference : TQ 373840

Organ Works

Address : St Peters Close, E2

Grid Reference : TQ 345832

Park Wharf

Address : Hertford Union Canal

Percy Dalton's Peanuts

Address : Dace Rd, E3

Grid Reference : TQ 37088401

Pillar Box

Address : Whitechapel Rd, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 348818

Pinchin's Oil Refinery

Address : Pinchin St, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 344809

Poplar Bus Garage

Address : Teven Rd, E14

Grid Reference : TQ 384817

Public wharf below new Bow Bridge flyover

Grid Reference : TQ 381831

Queen Adelaide's Dispensary

Address : Pollard Row, E2

Grid Reference : TQ 344827

Railway Bridges

Address : Bromley-by-Bow

Grid Reference : TQ 383826

Red-brick tower

Address : Mansell Street

Grid Reference : TQ 338808

Regent's Canal

Grid Reference : TQ 344837 to TQ 362810

Site Status : extant

Regent's Canal Dock (also known as Limehouse Basin)

Address : Narrow St, E14

Grid Reference : TQ 3681

Site Status : extant

reproduction furniture factory

Address : 616 Wick Lane, E3

Grid Reference : TQ 370838

Road bridge

Grid Reference : TQ 383824

Rolling bascule bridge

Address : Glamis Rd, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 354806

Roman River Wall

Address : Tower of London

Rotherhithe Road Tunnel

Address : Brunel Road, Rotherhithe

Grid Reference : TQ 352797 to TQ 360810

Site Status : extant

Royal Mint

Address : Royal Mint St, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 339807

Safe Manufacturers

Address : Hancock Rd, E3

Grid Reference : TQ 381829

Sanitas Factory

Address : Pixley Street, London, E14

Grid Reference : TQ 368813

Scale Makers

Address : Artillery Lane, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 334816

Schoolhouse

Address : Scandrett Street, E1

Site Status : extant

Sewer Aqueduct

Grid Reference : TQ 373838

Shoreditch Gasworks

Address : Pritchards Rd/Hackney Rd, E2

Grid Reference : TQ 346834

Silk merchant's house

Address : Artillery Lane

Grid Reference : TQ 334816

Silkweavers Workshops

Address : Spitalfields, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 338818

Silkweavers Workshops

Address : 61-7 Warner Pl, E2

Grid Reference : TQ 343830

Silkweavers Workshops

Address : Gathorne St/Cranbrook St, E2

Grid Reference : TQ 358832

Solebay Road bridge

Grid Reference : TQ 363823

Spelman St

Address : Spelman St, Spitalfields, E1

Spitalfields Goods Depot

Address : Pedley St, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 342822

Spitalfields Market

Address : Commercial St, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 336818

Spratt's

Address : Violet Rd, E3

St Andrew's Hospital

Address : Devas St. E3

St Clements Hospital

Address : Bow Road, E3

Grid Reference : TQ 370828

Site Status : extant

St Katharine Docks

Grid Reference : TQ 339804

St Paul's Presbyterian Church

Address : West Ferry Rd, E14

Site Status : converted - Grade II

Statue of Richard Green, shipbuilder

Address : outside Swimming Baths, East India Dock Rd, E14

Grid Reference : TQ 379810

Stepney Gasworks

Address : Harford St/Ben Johnson Rd, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 363818

Storm Water Pumping Station

Address : Stewart St, E14

Grid Reference : TQ 384797

Sugar Refinery

Address : Pinchin St, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 344809

Sulkin House, Bethnal Green

Site Status : extant - Grade II*

Swing Bridge, Blackwall Basin

Address : Prestons Rd, E14

Grid Reference : TQ 383802

Site Status : extant - Grade II

Telephone Box

Address : Green Road, Bethnal Geen E2

Grid Reference : TQ 3462

Tenement

Address : Commercial St, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 337819

Tenements

Address : Wentworth St, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 338816

Tenements

Address : Royal Mint St, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 340808

Thames Tunnel

Address : East London Line

Grid Reference : TQ 349802 to TQ 352798

Site Status : extant

The Safety Tread Ltd.

Address : Crown Wharf Iron Works, Dace Road, Old Ford, E3 2NL

Grid Reference : TQ 370839

The Skin Floor (London Docks)

Address : Wapping Lane, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 342802

Site Status : extant - Grade I

Three Mills Distillery

Address : Three Mill Lane, E3

Grid Reference : TQ 383828

Tower Bridge

Address : Tower Bridge, SE1 2UP

Grid Reference : TQ 337802

Site Status : extant

Tower Buildings

Address : Brewhouse Lane

Grid Reference : TQ 348801

Site Status : extant

Trevelyan House

Address : Morpeth Street, E2

Site Status : extant - Grade II*

Trinity Buoy Wharf

Address : Orchard Place, E4

Grid Reference : TQ 395807

Site Status : converted

Trumans Brewery

Address : Brick Lane, E1

Turnpike

Address : Commercial Rd, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 340814 to TQ 372807

Victoria Lead Works

Address : Burdett Road, London, E14

Grid Reference : TQ 369813

Victoria Mills

Address : Boyd Street, London, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 343812

Wapping Hydraulic Power Station

Address : Wapping Wall, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 353805

Wapping Pier Head

Grid Reference : TQ 305800

Wapping Underground Station

Address : Wapping High St, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 350801

Site Status : converted - Grade II

Warehouse

Address : Royal Mint St, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 340808

Warehouse

Address : Back Church Lane, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 342812

Warehouse

Address : Deal St, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 342819

Warehouse

Address : Royal Mint St, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 340808

Warehouse

Address : Alie St, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 338812

Warehouses

Address : The Highway, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 344807

Warehouses

Address : Blossom St, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 334818

West India Docks

Address : West India Docks Rd, E14

Grid Reference : TQ 3780

Site Status : converted

West India Import and Export Docks

Address : West India Docks Rd, E14

Grid Reference : TQ 373807

Site Status : extant

White Horse Public House

Address : 9 - 11 Poplar High Street, London E14

Grid Reference : TQ 5374018010

Site Status : demolished

Whitechapel Bell Foundry

Address : Whitechapel Rd, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 342815

Site Status : extant

Wilton's Music Hall

Address : Graces Alley, Ensign St, E1

Grid Reference : TQ 342808

Wood Veneering Factory

Address : Longfellow Rd, E3

Grid Reference : TQ 362826

Workshops

Address : Brick Lane, E1, and Bethnal Green Rd, E2

Grid Reference : TQ 3482

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