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feature of the entablature (the piece running over, and supported by, the columns) positioned over the fourth window in both wings. If the jewellers had been replaced, the entablature would not have been central on the right hand wing. Also, the central block with its tower would not have been in the centre, with the completed building having seven windows in the left wing and nine in the right.
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but was closed down during the 1960s. The Salter family finally closed the shop at 81 Mile End Road in 1982. It was sold and became an off licence. By 2014, the
Spiegelhalter shop was derelict and roofless. By 2019, the shop, along with the rest of the Wickhams building, had been refurbished, still
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The
Wickham family were originally drapers, trading from 69, 71 and 73 Mile End Road. No. 75 was occupied by the Spiegelhalter family business of clockmakers and jewellers. With the Wickham's continuing success, in about 1892 the Spiegelhalters agreed to move from 75 to 81 Mile End Road so that the
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The contract for the stone façade had been placed before it became apparent that the
Spiegelhalters would not sell, so the solution was to erect the right wing shifted to the right by the width of the Spiegelhalters' land. Consequently, the two side wings look very similar with the central raised
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As can be seen from the photographs, the facade of the building is complete right up to the boundary either side of the jewellers with even the column immediately to the right of the jewellers having a flat side, waiting to be completed once the
Spiegelhalters' land had been bought.
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Wickham family had acquired the entire block except the Spiegelhalters' shop at no. 81 and planned a major rebuilding of their shop. They attempted to buy the Spiegelhalter property, but a mutually acceptable price could not be agreed, making the shop a
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