Houses on the corner of Almeida Street

Looking across Upper Street at Nos. 138 - 140 Upper Street.

Wilson died in 1826 and it was after his widow’s death in 1830 that his sons as trustees of the estate demolished the house and built the three houses now numbered 138, 139 and 140 Upper Street. In 1837 they sold a plot behind those houses to the Islington Literary and Scientific Society to build its new premises.

On the opposite corner stood Dr Strahan's house, seen in this 1841 watercolour with a sign to the Islington Literary and Scientific Institution.

Now cross Upper Street to the next viewpoint on the north side of Almeida Street.