5-9 White Church Lane

clothing factory of 1919-21, raised and converted to flats in 1999-2000

5-9 White Church Lane
Contributed by Survey of London on June 20, 2016

This large four-storey red-brick clothing factory of 1919-21 was built by and for B. Levine, a shopfitter of Greenfield Street, with A. S. R. Ley as architect. A wholesale hosier, costume makers and a woollen merchant were accommodated above insurance offices. The building was raised and its upper storeys converted to flats in 1999–2000.1


  1. District Surveyors Returns: Post Office Directories: Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives, Building Control file 41965: Tower Hamlets Planning