Islamic Relief, 135 Whitechapel Road

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135 and 137 Whitechapel Road
Contributed by Survey of London on Aug. 7, 2017

This is a four-storey showroom–workroom block of 1932–4, erected for W. Abbott with W. Silk & Sons Ltd as builders. A. Samuels & Sons Ltd, silk merchants, was the first occupant. The ground-floor shop now houses Islamic Relief, a charity shop. For earlier buildings here see the adjacent site to the east.¹