Tower House, the 'Monster Doss House'
Fieldgate Street, 2016 - one of the buildings described in my book "Whitechapel in 50 Buildings", Tower House was one of several buildings developed for itinerant workers but in reality became a doss house for the unemployed. It had two famous inhabitants during its time. George Orwell resided here in 1933 during his research for 'Down and Out in London and Paris', and long before that in 1907 Josepsh Djugashvili - later know as Stalin - spent two weeks here before finding 'better' lodgings nearby. Now it has been gentrified and converted into flats. A building of almost identical design is also found in Camden Town.
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