Hoxton : St Leonard Office for the Relief of the Poor
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Hoxton : St Leonard Office for the Relief of the Poor
Image: © Jim Osley Taken: 22 Apr 2020
Grade II listed facade: "The other public face of the former workhouse is the facade to the Relief Office fronting Hoxton Street (further to the west). Like the main front this is red brick with Portland stone dressings but the style is Italianate. It has round arched windows on the ground floor and a broken pediment centrepiece above the quoined first floor windows; the upper floors are plainer. The string courses are painted with 'St Leonard / 1863 / Shoreditch / Offices for the Relief of the Poor' in capital letters. Only the façade of the original building survives." - historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1393325.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.533933
Longitude
-0.078651