Stepney Green, mansion house.
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Stepney Green, mansion house.
Image: © Colin D Brooking Taken: 6 Oct 2013
Stepney Green, a mansion house of 1694 - described in Sir John Summerson's Georgian London (2003) an example of the large houses which featured in this area when it was known as Mile End and Stepney Green. This is a representative of an English Renaissance house, with classical cornice at the roof-line and a hooded entrance featuring a scallop shell. Overall classical proportions. A gable end indicates a roof of two parallel pitches with a valley behind the front roof, while the latter features dormer windows above a moulded deep cornice.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.520041
Longitude
-0.048273