Webb Street
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 7:18 pm
Picture from around 1914 of Webb Street looking towards Tower Bridge Road showing the buildings that existed at that time.
The only ones that now remain are Arundel Buildings, and Brighton Buildings which faces Tower Bridge Road. Both these building are now a Housing Co-Operative Trusts.
Built in 1892 they are now Grade II listed buildings
Hastings, Eastbourne. Portsmouth, Ryde and Chichester Buildings have long gone.
Kelly's Directory for 1938 shows these building as Railway Buildings and were known locally as the Seaside Buildings due to the block names.
Can anyone remember these buildings as they resemble Guinness Trust or Peabody Trust Buildings in their design, or were they built by the Railway for railway workers?
They were bombed during the war, was this the beginning of their demise?
Perhaps someone can enlighten us as to when, why and how these building disappeared?