Craftsmanship, no matter how beautifully applied, is never enough when reclaiming a venerable old building of historic interest. Sympathy and understanding are the essential if authenticityis to be preserved. When Dunbar Wharf on Limehouse Creek came onto the market, although inherently sound, it needed a great deal of TLC to bring it into the 21st century and to do so without compromising its charm and character.
Dunbar Wharf is a tenacious and surprising survivor of the Blitz. The German bombers scattered bombs over the of Royal Victoria and West India Dockyards, also destroying most of the neigbouring areas of Limehouse, Wapping and Millwall. The decay lasted years after the war until the rival started in the late 1980s, spurred on by the transformation of the docklands area.
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