Comments on: No Longer The Last Derelict House https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/11/27/no-longer-the-last-derelict-house-in-spitalfields/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sun, 07 Dec 2025 18:55:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Lisa K https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/11/27/no-longer-the-last-derelict-house-in-spitalfields/#comment-1872139 Sun, 07 Dec 2025 18:55:32 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198253#comment-1872139 I’m so happy to read this! My 4x great grandmother, Mary Ducro (married surname, Stewart) and two of her daughters were living at 2 Wilkes Street in 1841. Her father was Stephen Ducrocq of Huguenot descent. I worried about the fate of this house and am delighted to hear it’s being restored sympathetically.

]]> By: Susan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/11/27/no-longer-the-last-derelict-house-in-spitalfields/#comment-1530088 Sat, 02 Dec 2023 07:29:18 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198253#comment-1530088 Thank you so much for this fascinating journey! I do hope that whoever now owns this and is restoring it will live in it, rather than sell it.

]]> By: Rondeau Baker https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/11/27/no-longer-the-last-derelict-house-in-spitalfields/#comment-1529550 Tue, 28 Nov 2023 21:43:05 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198253#comment-1529550 Hello from Whitby Ontario Canada!
Our Rondeau family ancestors lived next door to this house.
At 4 Wilkes St. in the 1700’s.
It was destroyed by Nazi bombs in World War II.
Our gr gr gr gr grandfather Jean Rondeau served as Sexton of Christ Church Spitalfields
for 29 years.
Thanks to the GA for all your interesting posts.
Cheers
Rondeau Baker

]]> By: Cherub https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/11/27/no-longer-the-last-derelict-house-in-spitalfields/#comment-1529530 Tue, 28 Nov 2023 18:13:16 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198253#comment-1529530 If I had that view of the church every day I’d be inspired by its beauty.

]]> By: Christine Swan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/11/27/no-longer-the-last-derelict-house-in-spitalfields/#comment-1529488 Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:27:45 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198253#comment-1529488 I love to see historic properties sympathetically restored but brought into 21st century use. Another house saved – wonderful stuff!

]]> By: Jennifer Newbold https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/11/27/no-longer-the-last-derelict-house-in-spitalfields/#comment-1529358 Mon, 27 Nov 2023 12:54:21 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198253#comment-1529358 I am sitting here with my morning coffee in raptures. What a gift, to be able to look at the bones of a historic building and see the whole space in one’s mind! It is a talent I wish I possessed.

I’m thrilled to know this beautiful old building is coming back to life and I’m looking forward to following its progress. Thank you, G.A., for a bright spot in an otherwise unpromising day.

]]> By: Karen Rennie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/11/27/no-longer-the-last-derelict-house-in-spitalfields/#comment-1529329 Mon, 27 Nov 2023 08:38:27 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198253#comment-1529329 My Dad, one of 5 born at 47 Wilkes Street in 1908
saw a very different East End.

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