The 18th century mansion house in East London facing an uncertain future | East London and West Essex Guardian Series
Have you ever heard of Walthamstow’s North Bank House? It is one of the area's remaining 18th century mansions, although it is perhaps easily missed, as it is now part of a cluster of former hospital buildings at the corner of Forest Road and Shernhall Street, better known as Thorpe Coombe Hospital. North Bank occupied a great location, in what was then a rural part of Essex with views towards the Lea Valley and Epping Forest, yet was also alongside a thoroughfare (Clay Street, now Forest Road). The three-storey house was originally almost square in plan with basement kitchens, althou...
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