Comments on: The Romance of Old Whitechapel

By: Anny

Anny — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 06:50:22 +0000

I am very pleased to hear about Tim’s inspiration in putting a ‘bit of character’ back into what would only have been a demolition site. Instead, he had a vision to give new life to these
houses which will give pleasure to new residents who can appreciate Tim’s forward thinking.
I am so inspired by this story that I will have to go & see them for myself in the not-too-distant
future. Thank you Tim for having the inspiration to prevent such wonderful buildings from
ending up being destroyed for posterity. Although my parents immigrated to the East End in 1938 from Poland we, their 4 children, never lived there but were always fascinated by their stories of the area. Thank you Tim for saving some of our history.

By: Scott Aquilina

Scott Aquilina — Thu, 09 May 2013 04:04:05 +0000

We hear good things about your work. Drop a line to an old friend in Boston. The “Yank”

By: Graham Smith

Graham Smith — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:49:00 +0000

I downloaded a step by step walk around spitalfields put together by someone, I think, in your organisation.

We did it in October last. I enjoyed it so much that two other friends have askwed me for the details.

Of course I can not find the original web site!! Can you help?

Graham Smith

By: Scott Aquilina

Scott Aquilina — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:58:13 +0000

Great work you are doing. I am working keeping up my end renovating “old” buidings in the US.

Drop a line, old friend.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:35:20 +0000

I was so inspired by this wonderful tale of renovation of these lovely Georgian house that I went over myself to see them. I was also curious to see what the front of these houses look like. They do look fantastic and the renovation work is just so perfect. I really felt as if I’d travelled back to the early 19th century!

You can see my pictures here http://www.flickr.com/photos/maggiejones/

Thanks gentle author for bringing these homes to our attention.

As Anne has pointed out, the only time I see clapperboard house now in England is on the east coast and Whitstable in Kent is a good place to see them. I think originally this style of building came from the low countries, but I’m not sure.

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:37:29 +0000

I love the clapperboard extensions on these houses. I am a fan of this look and wish more houses, even new ones, incorporated it . Generally I’ve only seen it in seaside locations in this country but it’s everywhere in New England. I do prefer the toned down effect as in your photo instead of a painted finish which must be more high maintenance. The subtle colours are much more interesting. This reminds me of Beacon Hill in Boston and also Newport, Rhode Island. I know that this effect was exported to the New World from England and Europe but we are the poorer for a lot of the stlye dying out in England and I think it’s great that it is now being put back into renovation projects.