Comments on: At Malplaquet House

By: Maureen Cocklin (nee Buckle)

Maureen Cocklin (nee Buckle) — Sat, 13 Apr 2019 11:54:00 +0000

I must have walked past her a thousands of times and never realised such a gem existed in Stepney.

By: Dawn Evans

Dawn Evans — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 07:59:13 +0000

My father was joint director of F W Woodroff printing engineers. I spent many days in my school holidays running around the upper floors and annoying my mum who worked in the office on the first floor.

By: Kate Brown

Kate Brown — Wed, 25 May 2016 07:00:57 +0000

This really interested me as my Great Great grandfather lived in Mile End road before moving to Dublin about 1879 ish .. he was a painter and decorater and took on a lot of bigger jobs such as large houses/ shop fronts … I wonder if he knew the bricklayer or had any involvement in the decorating …. If nothing else he would have walked past this house many times …

By: MIRIAM DELORIE

MIRIAM DELORIE — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 20:19:23 +0000

Absolutely amazing – to see abandoned homes become loved ones…thank you so much for letting us see this.

By: b ward

b ward — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:56:24 +0000

wish i could afford this house, my ancestors lived in globe road /mile end in the 19th
century. Really could not believe that such a stunning property could be available
in this condition , in this area.
thanks for letting us have a look.

By: Joan

Joan — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:30:35 +0000

Thank you, gentle author. Now that you mention this I remember this from an article in Gardens Illustrated some years ago which featured the house. And it was clearly the right thing for the Spitalfields Trust to do. Thanks for reminding me. Joan

By: the gentle author

the gentle author — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:21:34 +0000

In reply to Joan. Dear Joan, You might be interested to know that when the Spitalfields Trust acquired Malplaquet House in 1998, the gardens were handed over to a housing association for the construction of sheltered housing. By this compromise, the demands of both historic preservation and social housing were satisfied.

By: Joan

Joan — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:51:26 +0000

When I first became aware of these houses in their renewed state some years ago I couldn’t place them in my visual memory of childhood. And I would have walked this way all the time going to what I thought was called ‘The Moony Sipal’ but was in fact the municipal baths (now the Globe Centre) on Mile End Road. It was only when someone showed me a picture of the shop fronts that I could work out what had been there before. I must say that just as I find Brick Lane being fashionable amusing the thought of properties for sale on the Mile End Road for over 2 million pounds is mind boggling. And I know it is the nature of inner London to have extreme poverty and wealth cheek by jowl but, with the general overcrowding in Tower Hamlets, to have such space – while no doubt the outcome of brave risk taking and much hard work – still worries me slightly.

By: BARBARA

BARBARA — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:53:24 +0000

Thank you, again, Gentle Author! Thank heaven for people like Tim and Todd. Hope you get an invitation to visit their next home! Barbara

By: Derek Brown

Derek Brown — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:03:12 +0000

Beautiful. Tim always lived in amazing style. Even when he lived in 1 bed flat it looked majestic!