Gardens · London
56 Artillery Lane
56 Artillery Lane — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.
Jonathan Thacker — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Dog-friendly
About
56 Artillery Lane is a garden of interest in england-london, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
56 Artillery Lane is an 18th-century Grade I listed building in Spitalfields, London. The building is situated in the Artillery Passage, and was merged with the now Grade II listed building 58 Artillery Lane after the Second World War; their combined shop front is one of the oldest in London, and the combined building is used by Raven Row as a free art exhibition centre.
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Background
History
It is not known exactly when the first house at 56 Artillery Lane was built, although a house appears at the location on a map of 1677. The original name of the building was 3 Raven Row. During the early 18th century, deed documents show that the building was owned by a mercer named Mathew Hebart and later a weaver named Thomas Wilkes. The building was rebuilt between 1750 and 1756, in order to accommodate Huguenot silk merchants Nicholas Jourdain and Francis Rybot who wanted to use the building as a silk shop; it is believed that Sir Robert Taylor was the architect. The 1756 building, including its shop front, still exists today, making it one of the oldest shop fronts in London. In the…
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- Coordinates
- 51.5181, -0.0769
- District
- Tower Hamlets
- Parish
- Tower Hamlets, unparished area
- Postcode
- E1 7HW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bethnal Green and Stepney
- Official site
- aligrantsculpture.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q17528190 (CC0)
- wikipedia: 56 Artillery Lane (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is 56 Artillery Lane?
- 56 Artillery Lane is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.5181°, -0.0769°.
- Who designed 56 Artillery Lane?
- 56 Artillery Lane was designed by Robert Taylor.