DescriptionLilian Knowles House, Spitalfields - East London..jpg
English: Formerly Providence Row Night Refuge Home and Convent of Mercy, 47-49, 50 Crispin Street & 1-9 Gun Street, Spitalfields.
The building was opened in 1868. It provided accommodation for 300 women and children, and 50 men, as well as a convent for the Sisters of Mercy who ran the refuge.
The refuge continued to operate until 1999. Much of the rear parts of the properties were demolished (although the facades still remain) and since 2006 the building has been called Lilian Knowles|Lilian Knowles House. It is used as accommodation for students of the London School of Economics and is managed by Shaftesbury Student Housing.
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