'Plan of Shore House and its boundaries, November 1740', pen and wash on parchment, Samuel Robinson, London, 1740

Plan of Shore Place, Hackney, showing the grounds and an elevation of the south front of the house.

Given by the Hon. Arthur Villiers

Shore Place, sometimes known as Beaulieu, Grove House, Shoreditch House or Shoreditch-Place, was a house to the south of Well Street in Hackney. It existed in 1320, and was associated with the medieval order of the Knights Hospitaller (the Order of St John of Jerusalem), but was rebuilt in brick after 1612. It was demolished in around 1768 by the London building speculator, Thomas Flight, (see references).

This object was part of the John Edmund Gardner collection of topographical prints and drawings of London. After Gardner's death the collection passed to his son Edmund Thomas, but was sold to Edward Coates MP in 1910. The collection was sold again in 1923 after Coates' death, and was split between various institutions and private collectors. The portion connected with Hoxton, Homerton, Hackney and Bethnal Green was bought by the Hon. Arthur Villiers and donated to the Bethnal Green Museum.

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