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Behind This Crumbling East London Door Is a Victorian World You Never Knew Existed

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The alley is easy to miss. Tucked behind Whitechapel’s pubs and takeaways, Graces Alley doesn’t look like it leads anywhere worth going. But push through the iron gate at the end, step up to that crumbling, ornate doorway, and you’ll find yourself face to face with one of the most extraordinary buildings in Britain.

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London is full of grand gestures. But sometimes the most astonishing things are at the end of a quiet alley, behind a door that almost nobody opens.

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