1/ Dennis Severs House, Folgate Street, built around 1724, it was occupied by a family of Huguenot weavers who had fled persecution in France. In 19. Severs bought the house virtually derelict in 1979 and proceeded to turn it back to how it looked in the 18th and 19th centuries while still living there. Here are couple of web sites that give more information, the second one also has information about Spitlefields and the church in the top right hand photo. ( the man in the video is a bit odd !)
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2/ see above.
3/ St Andrew Undershaft Church, I found this quite sad, this church dates back to 1532 , survived the Great Fire of London and the blitz but is now hidden away between modern skyscrapers . The church has stood here since 1147 but was rebuilt in 1532, the churches curious name derives from the shaft of the maypole that was traditionally set up each year opposite the church. The custom ceased in 1517when student riots ( see they happend then ) put an end to it. The maypole survived until 1547 when a mob destroyed it because they considered it a pagan idol. People buried there, Hans Holbein the Younger and Fabian Stedman, the father of church bell ringing.
4/ the Soup Kitchen for the Jewish poor was set up in 1854 to feed the thousands of jews fleeing from pogroms in Russia and Poland who arrived with very little or no money, it moved to the building in the photo in1902 which didn't close until 1992.
Sorry if a bit long.
A short walk