Ogilvie House, E1

Ogilvie House is a block on Stepney Causeway.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Limehouse Limehouse is a National Rail station, also connected to the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) network.

Limehouse

NEARBY STREETS

Albert Gardens, E1 Albert Gardens, an almost intact late-Georgian residential square (Shadwell)

Albert Gardens, E1

All Saints Court, E1 All Saints Court (together with St Mary’s Clergy House) is a symmetrical group with gabled wings and cut-away corner balconies (Shadwell)

All Saints Court, E1

Ann Street, E1 Ann Street is an old East End street (Shadwell)

Ann Street, E1

Antill Terrace, E1 Antill Terrace was built off of Senrab Street (then Barbour Gardens) around 1865 (Stepney Green)

Antill Terrace, E1

Apsley House, E1 Apsley House is a block on Aylward Street (Stepney Green)

Apsley House, E1

Apsley Street, E1 Apsley Street was off Redman’s Road (Stepney Green)

Apsley Street, E1

Arbour House, E1 Arbour House was designed by B.J. Belsher, the Stepney Borough Surveyor (Stepney Green)

Arbour House, E1

Arbour Square, E1 Arbour Square is a late Georgian square in Stepney (Stepney Green)

Arbour Square, E1

Arta House, E1 Arta House is a block on Devonport Street (Shadwell)

Arta House, E1

Aston Street, E14 Aston Street is a long north-south running road north of Salmon Lane (Stepney Green)

Aston Street, E14

Avis Square, E1 Avis Square was created in 1961 (Stepney Green)

Avis Square, E1

Aylward Street, E1 Aylward Street has a complicated history (Stepney Green)

Aylward Street, E1

Barnardo Gardens, E1W Barnardo Gardens was created as local streets were swept away post-war (Shadwell)

Barnardo Gardens, E1W

Barnardo Street, E1 Dr Thomas John Barnardo founded a boy’s orphanage in Stepney Causeway (Shadwell)

Barnardo Street, E1

Barnes Street, E14 Barnes Street was built on land belonging to W.H. Pemberton Barnes (Stepney Green)

Barnes Street, E14

Barton Mews, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Limehouse)

Barton Mews, E14

Bath Court, E1W Bath Court is a block on Glamis Place (Shadwell)

Bath Court, E1W

Bekesbourne Street, E14 Bekesbourne Street is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Limehouse)

Bekesbourne Street, E14

Belgrave Street, E1 Belgrave Street connects Stepney High Street with Commercial Road (Stepney Green)

Belgrave Street, E1

Bere Street, Bere Street is an old East End street (Shadwell)

Bere Street,

Berglen Court, E14 Berglen Court is a block on Branch Road (Limehouse)

Berglen Court, E14

Bermuda Street, E1 Bermuda Street was an old East End street (Stepney Green)

Bermuda Street, E1

Billing House, E1 Billing House is a block on Commercial Road (Shadwell)

Billing House, E1

Bladen House, E1 Bladen House is a block on Dunelm Street (Stepney Green)

Bladen House, E1

Boulcott Street, E1W Boulcott Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Ratcliff)

Boulcott Street, E1W

Bower Street, E1 Bower Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Shadwell)

Bower Street, E1

Branch Road, E14 Branch Road is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Limehouse)

Branch Road, E14

Brayford Square, E1 Brayford Square is a small shopping area from 1978 (Stepney Green)

Brayford Square, E1

Brigantine Court, E14 Brigantine Court is a block on Spert Street (Limehouse)

Brigantine Court, E14

Brodlove Lane, E1W Brodlove Lane is a road in the E1W postcode area (Shadwell)

Brodlove Lane, E1W

Bromley Street, E1 Bromley Street was built between 1829 and 1843 by Daniel Goody (Stepney Green)

Bromley Street, E1

Brook Street, E1 Brook Street was an old name for this section of Cable Street (Ratcliff)

Brook Street, E1

Brunton Place, E14 Brunton Place is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Limehouse)

Brunton Place, E14

Bull’s Buildings, E1W Bull’s Buildings was a close off White Horse Street (Ratcliff)

Bull’s Buildings, E1W

Burley House, E1 Burley House is part of the Mountmorres Estate (Stepney Green)

Burley House, E1

Butcher Row, E1W Butcher Row is a road in the E1W postcode area (Limehouse)

Butcher Row, E1W

Camdenhurst Street, E14 Camdenhurst Street connects Repton Street with Salmon Lane (Stepney Green)

Camdenhurst Street, E14

Campania Building, E1W Campania Building is a block on The Highway (Ratcliff)

Campania Building, E1W

Caroline Street, E1 Caroline Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Ratcliff)

Caroline Street, E1

Cayley Street, E14 Cayley Street, after demolition, became part of White Horse Open Space (Stepney Green)

Cayley Street, E14

Chalkwell House, E1 Chalkwell House can be found on Commercial Road (Shadwell)

Chalkwell House, E1

Chamberlain House, E1 Chamberlain House probably dates from the 1960s (Shadwell)

Chamberlain House, E1

Chaseley Street, E14 Chaseley Street runs from Barnes Street to Yorkshire Road (Limehouse)

Chaseley Street, E14

Chudleigh Street, E1 Chudleigh Street was called Albany Street until 1938 (Stepney Green)

Chudleigh Street, E1

Clearbrook Way, E1 Clearbrook Way is a modern cul-de-sac, running west off West Arbour Street (Stepney Green)

Clearbrook Way, E1

Clovelly Way, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Stepney Green)

Clovelly Way, E1

Commercial Road East, Commercial Road East is an old East End street (Shadwell)

Commercial Road East,

Conder Street, E14 Conder Street, now a tiny cul-de-sac once ran north all the way to Maroon Street (Stepney Green)

Conder Street, E14

Copley Street, E1 Copley Street now runs south from Stepney Way (Stepney Green)

Copley Street, E1

Cornwood Drive, E1 Cornwood Drive runs off Jubilee Street (Stepney)

Cornwood Drive, E1

Corrigham House, E1 Corrigham House is a block on Pitsea Street (Ratcliff)

Corrigham House, E1

Cosmo Apartments, E1 Cosmo Apartments is sited on Westport Street (Shadwell)

Cosmo Apartments, E1

Cowley Street, Cowley Street is an old East End street (Shadwell)

Cowley Street,

Cranford Street, E1W Cranford Street is a road in the E1W postcode area (Ratcliff)

Cranford Street, E1W

Darnley House, E14 Darnley House is sited on Camdenhurst Street (Stepney Green)

Darnley House, E14

Dempsey Street, E1 Dempsey Street was created before 1830 along with surrounding streets (Stepney Green)

Dempsey Street, E1

Devonport Street, E1 Devonport Street connects Commercial Road and Cable Street (Shadwell)

Devonport Street, E1

Donovan House, E1 Donovan House probably dates from the 1960s (Shadwell)

Donovan House, E1

Dowson House, E1 Dowson House is located on Commercial Road (Shadwell)

Dowson House, E1

Drewton Street, E1 Drewton Street was previously James Street (Shadwell)

Drewton Street, E1

Dunelm Street, E1 Fair Street was renamed Dunelm Street in 1939 (Stepney Green)

Dunelm Street, E1

Dunstan Place, E1W Dunstan Place first appeared on the 1830 map, replacing an area called Globe Yard (Ratcliff)

Dunstan Place, E1W

East Arbour Street, E1 East Arbour Street leads north from Arbour Square (Stepney Green)

East Arbour Street, E1

Edward Mann Close East, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Ratcliff)

Edward Mann Close East, E1

Elf Row, E1W A street within the E1W postcode (Shadwell)

Elf Row, E1W

Exmouth Court, E1 Exmouth Court appears on the 1900 map (Stepney Green)

Exmouth Court, E1

Exmouth Place, E1 Exmouth Place is on the 1860 map (Stepney Green)

Exmouth Place, E1

Fair Street, E1 Fair Street ran from Oxford Street to Charles Street (Stepney Green)

Fair Street, E1

Fisher House, E1 Fisher House probably dates from the 1960s (Shadwell)

Fisher House, E1

Flamborough Street, E14 Flamborough Street is a Yorkshire place name, chosen by association with neighbouring York Square (Limehouse)

Flamborough Street, E14

Flamborough Walk, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Limehouse)

Flamborough Walk, E14

Garth Street, Dean Street was renamed Garth Street, E1 in 1876 (Shadwell)

Garth Street,

George Scott House, E1 George Scott House is a block on West Arbour Street (Stepney Green)

George Scott House, E1

Glamis Place, E1W Glamis Place is a road in the E1W postcode area (Shadwell)

Glamis Place, E1W

Glamis Road, E1W Glamis Road is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area (Shadwell)

Glamis Road, E1W

Glasshouse Fields, E1W Glasshouse Fields was Glasshouse Street until 1862 (Shadwell)

Glasshouse Fields, E1W

Glasshouse Street, E1W Glasshouse Street was renamed Glasshouse Fields in 1862 (Shadwell)

Glasshouse Street, E1W

Goodhart Place, E14 Goodhart Place is one of the streets of London in the E14 postal area (Limehouse)

Goodhart Place, E14

Gordon House, E1W Gordon House is a block on Glamis Road (Shadwell)

Gordon House, E1W

Green Dragon Alley, E14 Green Dragon Alley is a long-gone alleyway off Narrow Street (Limehouse)

Green Dragon Alley, E14

Grosvenor Street, E1 Grosvenor Street was renamed Mountmorres Road in 1939 (Stepney Green)

Grosvenor Street, E1

Hardinge Lane, E1W Hardinge Lane is a road in the E1 postcode area (Shadwell)

Hardinge Lane, E1W

Hardinge Street, E1W Hardinge Street existed in the 1750s or before as St George’s Path (Shadwell)

Hardinge Street, E1W

Harriott House, E1 Harriott House is a block on Jamaica Street (Stepney Green)

Harriott House, E1

Havering Street, E1 Havering Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Shadwell)

Havering Street, E1

Head Street, E1 Head Street replaced Heath Street in 1938 (Shadwell)

Head Street, E1

Hearnshaw Street, E14 Hearnshaw Street leads south from Maroon Street (Stepney Green)

Hearnshaw Street, E14

Heath Street, E1 Heath Street was the location of a rope walk by the beginning of the nineteenth century (Stepney Green)

Heath Street, E1

Heckford Street Business Centre, E1W A street within the E1W postcode (Ratcliff)

Heckford Street Business Centre, E1W

Heckford Street, E1W Heckford Street is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area (Ratcliff)

Heckford Street, E1W

Horseferry Road, E14 Horseferry Road is a road in the E14 postcode area (Limehouse)

Horseferry Road, E14

Ikøn House, E1W Ikøn House is sited on Cable Street (Shadwell)

Ikøn House, E1W

Ionian Building, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Limehouse)

Ionian Building, E14

James Place, James Place is an old East End street (Shadwell)

James Place,

Jardine Road, E1W Jardine Road is a road in the E1W postcode area (Ratcliff)

Jardine Road, E1W

John Bowles Court, E1W John Bowles Court is a block on Schoolhouse Lane (Shadwell)

John Bowles Court, E1W

John Scurr House, E14 John Scurr House is located on Ratcliffe Lane (Limehouse)

John Scurr House, E14

Johnny Andrews House, E1 Johnny Andrews House is a block on Boulcott Street (Ratcliff)

Johnny Andrews House, E1

Johnson Street, E1 Johnson Street first appears as John Street on 1820s mapping, but not on 1810s maps (Shadwell)

Johnson Street, E1

Justice Apartments, E1 Justice Apartments is a block on Aylward Street (Stepney Green)

Justice Apartments, E1

La Figa Restaurant, E14 La Figa Restaurant is a block on Narrow Street (Limehouse)

La Figa Restaurant, E14

Labour in Vain Street, E1W Labour in Vain Street is an old East End street (Shadwell)

Labour in Vain Street, E1W

Lady Micos Almshouses, E1 Lady Micos Almshouses offers lodgings exclusively for women in Stepney (Stepney Green)

Lady Micos Almshouses, E1

Lake Street, E1 Lake Street was at first called Thomas Street (Shadwell)

Lake Street, E1

Latham House, E1 Latham House is a block on Chudleigh Street (Stepney Green)

Latham House, E1

Lavender House, E1 Lavender House is a block on Commercial Road (Ratcliff)

Lavender House, E1

Leading Street, Leading Street is an old East End street (Shadwell)

Leading Street,

Len Bishop Court, E1W Len Bishop Court is a block on Schoolhouse Lane (Ratcliff)

Len Bishop Court, E1W

Lighterman Mews, E1 Lighterman Mews is 1990s development (Stepney Green)

Lighterman Mews, E1

Lion Court, E1W Lion Court is a block on The Highway (Shadwell)

Lion Court, E1W

Love Lane, Love Lane is an old East End street (Shadwell)

Love Lane,

Lower Shadwell Street, Lower Shadwell Street is an old East End street (Shadwell)

Lower Shadwell Street,

Lucas Street, Lucas Street is an old East End street (Shadwell)

Lucas Street,

Lukin Street, E1 Lukin Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Shadwell)

Lukin Street, E1

Malthouse Apartments, E1 Malthouse Apartments is a block on Caroline Street (Shadwell)

Malthouse Apartments, E1

Market Hill, Market Hill is an old East End street (Shadwell)

Market Hill,

Maroon Street, E14 Maroon Street is a major east-way connecting road of Stepney Green (Stepney Green)

Maroon Street, E14

Matlock Street, E14 Matlock Street is a surviving street of Stepney Green, its route intact after the war (Stepney Green)

Matlock Street, E14

Mauretania Building, E1W Mauretania Building is a block on Jardine Road (Ratcliff)

Mauretania Building, E1W

Medland House, E14 Medland House is a building on Branch Road (Limehouse)

Medland House, E14

Moore House, E1 Moore House is a block on the Martineau Estate (Shadwell)

Moore House, E1

Mountmorres Road, E1 Grosvenor Street was called Mountmorres Road after 1939 (Stepney Green)

Mountmorres Road, E1

Musbury Street, E1 Musbury Street is a street of post-war blocks of flats (Stepney Green)

Musbury Street, E1

New Belvedere House, E1 New Belvedere House is a block on White Horse Road (Stepney Green)

New Belvedere House, E1

Ogilvie House, E1 Ogilvie House is a block on Stepney Causeway (Ratcliff)

Ogilvie House, E1

Old Church Road, E1 Old Church Road originally extended north from Commercial Road to Stepney Way, opposite St Dunstan’s Church. (Shadwell)

Old Church Road, E1

Oman Way, E14 Oman Way is a postwar-built walkway leading to White Horse Open Space (Stepney Green)

Oman Way, E14

Pattison House, E1 Pattison House is a block on Aylward Street (Stepney Green)

Pattison House, E1

Pattison Street, E1 Pattison Street ran southeast from a junction with Jamaica Street (Stepney Green)

Pattison Street, E1

Peartree Lane, E1W Peartree Lane is a road in the E1W postcode area (Shadwell)

Peartree Lane, E1W

Perth Street, E1 Perth Street was created as St Vincent Street during the 1830s (Stepney Green)

Perth Street, E1

Pinchin Johnsons Yard, E1W Pinchin Johnsons Yard is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Shadwell)

Pinchin Johnsons Yard, E1W

Pinnacle Way, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Limehouse)

Pinnacle Way, E14

Pique Mews, E1W A street within the E1W postcode (Shadwell)

Pique Mews, E1W

Pitsea Street, E1 Pitsea Street is a road in the E1 postcode area (Ratcliff)

Pitsea Street, E1

Poonah Street, E1 Poonah Street first appears as a name in 1891 (Shadwell)

Poonah Street, E1

Portland Street, E1 Portland Street was replaced by Westport Street in 1939 (Stepney Green)

Portland Street, E1

Powlesland Court, E1 Powlesland Court is a block on White Horse Road (Stepney Green)

Powlesland Court, E1

Raby Street, E14 Raby Street commemorates the name of a builder active in East London from the 1850s. (Stepney Green)

Raby Street, E14

Railton House, E1 Railton House is a block on Arbour Square (Shadwell)

Railton House, E1

Ratcliffe Cross Street, E1W Ratcliffe Cross Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Ratcliff)

Ratcliffe Cross Street, E1W

Ratcliffe House, E14 Ratcliffe House is a block on Barnes Street (Stepney Green)

Ratcliffe House, E14

Ratcliffe Lane, E14 Ratcliffe Lane runs south of Limehouse station (Limehouse)

Ratcliffe Lane, E14

Redcastle Close, E1 Redcastle Close arrived with the construction of the Glamis Estate (Shadwell)

Redcastle Close, E1

Regents Gate House, E14 Regents Gate House is a block on Horseferry Road (Limehouse)

Regents Gate House, E14

Repton Street, E14 Repton Street lies in the part of Stepney Green in the E14 postcode, north of Salmon Lane (Stepney Green)

Repton Street, E14

Rochelle Court, E1 Rochelle Court are flats with shops underneath from 1938 (Shadwell)

Rochelle Court, E1

Ronald Street, E1 Ronald Street appeared in a series of parallel streets first emerging in the 1830s (Shadwell)

Ronald Street, E1

Rosea House, E1 Rosea House is sited on Boulcott Street (Ratcliff)

Rosea House, E1

Roslin House, E1W Roslin House can be found on Brodlove Lane (Shadwell)

Roslin House, E1W

Rotherhithe Tunnel, E14 Rotherhithe Tunnel is a road in the E14 postcode area (Limehouse)

Rotherhithe Tunnel, E14

Saloon House, E14 Saloon House is sited on Brunton Place (Limehouse)

Saloon House, E14

School House Lane, School House Lane is an old East End street (Ratcliff)

School House Lane,

Schoolhouse Lane, E1W Schoolhouse Lane connects Cable Street and The Highway (Ratcliff)

Schoolhouse Lane, E1W

Scotia Building, E1W Scotia Building is a block on Jardine Road (Ratcliff)

Scotia Building, E1W

Senrab Street, E1 Senrab Street is the name ’Barnes’ reversed (Stepney Green)

Senrab Street, E1

Shipwright House, E1 Shipwright House is a block on Boulcott Street (Ratcliff)

Shipwright House, E1

Sims House, E1 Sims House is a block on Havering Street (Shadwell)

Sims House, E1

Sirius Building, E1W Sirius Building is a block on Jardine Road (Limehouse)

Sirius Building, E1W

Spert Street, E14 Sir Thomas Spert, first Master of Trinity House after its incorporation in 1514, was a Stepney seaman. (Limehouse)

Spert Street, E14

St Thomas House, E1 St Thomas House is a block on East Arbour Street (Stepney Green)

St Thomas House, E1

St. Georges Square, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Limehouse)

St. Georges Square, E14

Stepney Causeway, E1 Stepney Causeway is associated with Thomas John Barnardo, who opened his first shelter for homeless children at number 18. (Shadwell)

Stepney Causeway, E1

Summercourt Road, E1 Summercourt Road is parallel with Commercial Road, one block north (Stepney Green)

Summercourt Road, E1

Sun Tavern Place, E1 Sun Tavern Place was not named directly after an inn but after Sun Tavern Fields, a ropewalk which it was built over (Shadwell)

Sun Tavern Place, E1

Tarbert Walk, E1 A street within the E1 postcode (Shadwell)

Tarbert Walk, E1

The Listed Building, E1W The Listed Building can be found on The Highway (Ratcliff)

The Listed Building, E1W

The Ship Apartments, E1 The Ship Apartments is a block on Hardinge Street (Shadwell)

The Ship Apartments, E1

Thirza House, E1 Thirza House is a block on Devonport Street (Shadwell)

Thirza House, E1

Thirza Street, E1W Thirza Street was situated off Hardinge Street, immediately south of the railway (Shadwell)

Thirza Street, E1W

Thomas Street, Thomas Street is an old East End street (Shadwell)

Thomas Street,

Thornwill House, E1 Thornwill House is a building on Martineau Street (Shadwell)

Thornwill House, E1

Topaz Court, E1W Topaz Court is a block on Elf Row (Shadwell)

Topaz Court, E1W

Tottan Terrace, E1 Tottan Terrace is a pathway along the southern edge of the Belgrave Open Space (Stepney Green)

Tottan Terrace, E1

Troon House, E1 Troon House is a block of flats situated west of White Horse Road (Stepney Green)

Troon House, E1

Troon Street, E14 Troon Street is a very short street and is the westward extension of Salmon Lane (Stepney Green)

Troon Street, E14

Unicorn Building, E1W Unicorn Building is a building on The Highway (Limehouse)

Unicorn Building, E1W

Unit Mosaic Building, E14 Unit Mosaic Building is a building on Narrow Street (Limehouse)

Unit Mosaic Building, E14

Vogler House, E1 Vogler House is a 6-storey block containing 24 dwellings (Shadwell)

Vogler House, E1

Wakeling Street, E14 A street within the E14 postcode (Limehouse)

Wakeling Street, E14

Walter Street, E1 Walter Street was swept away after the Second World War (Stepney Green)

Walter Street, E1

Walter Terrace, E1 Walter Terrace is a renaming of the southern end of Walter Street in 1939 (Stepney Green)

Walter Terrace, E1

Warren Place, E1W A street within the E1 postcode (Ratcliff)

Warren Place, E1W

Warton Court, E1W Warton Court is sited on Cable Street (Shadwell)

Warton Court, E1W

Warton Place, E1W Warton Place, at the turn of the twentieth century, led to a glass factory (Shadwell)

Warton Place, E1W

Wellesley Street, E1 Wellesley Street was severely truncated post-war (Stepney Green)

Wellesley Street, E1

West Arbour Street, E1 West Arbour Street runs north from Commercial Road to Aylward Street (Stepney Green)

West Arbour Street, E1

Westport Street, E1 Westport Street runs north from Commercial Road (Stepney Green)

Westport Street, E1

White Horse Street, E14 Until the early 20th century, White Horse Street stretched uninterrupted from Stepney Churchyard to Butcher Row, leading down to the riverside (Limehouse)

White Horse Street, E14

Whittington Apartments, E1 Whittington Apartments is the name for a block of flats on East Arbour Street (Stepney Green)

Whittington Apartments, E1

William Fry House, E1 William Fry House is a block on the corner of West Arbour Street and Aylward Street (Stepney Green)

William Fry House, E1

Yorkshire Place, E14 Yorkshire Place was initially called Railway Place (Limehouse)

Yorkshire Place, E14

Yorkshire Road, E14 Yorkshire Road was named by association with nearby York Square (Limehouse)

Yorkshire Road, E14

Zenith Building, E14 Zenith Building is located on Commercial Road (Limehouse)

Zenith Building, E14

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