Building Survey at 74 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3AY, United Kingdom

A Level 3 Building recording survey and report were undertaken in 2018-19 to record the building prior to its demolition and development of the site. The site comprised a nineteenth-century industrial building and adjacent yard which had been converted into offices. the existing building was constructed between 1887 and 1898 as a timber merchants which included drying floors. The original building would have included a number of large open floors as was typical of many nineteenth century industrial structures. During the twentieth century the building was subject to several phases of refurbishment which has resulted in almost the complete loss of all fixtures and fittings, a factor which has detracted from significance. The building was comprehensively photographed internally and externally and existing scale drawings reproduced in the report. Documentary archive research was undertaken, including a site visit to the Hackney Archives. The warehouse was one of many belonging to the timber suppliers James Latham Ltd, who provided materials for Hackney's furniture makers in the 19th and early 20th centuries The existing building was constructed between 1887 and 1898 as a timber merchants which included a number of large open drying floors, as was typical of many nineteenth century industrial structures. During the twentieth century the building has been subject to several phases of refurbishment which has resulted in almost the complete loss of all fixtures and fittings, a factor which has detracted from significance.