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Office block

Key Words :- office

Address :- 1 Prescot Street, London, Greater London, E1
Grid Ref :- TQ 34056 80967
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.511734 , Long -0.069583
Local Authority :- Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- London
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No - 1065738,
Site Dates :- c1932 -

Description and History of Site:-
c1932 by L G Ekins for the Co-operative Wholesale Society.

Built by the CWS Building Dept. An unusual example in Britain of the German Expressionist style. Ekins worked all his life for the CWS, designing shops and warehouses all over Britain.


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