London’s Alleys: Voss Street, E2

This is an alley in all but name squashed behind shops in Bethnal Green, but in recent years some exceptional architecture has appeared down here.
The layout here is also one of the oldest in the area, for while little survives of the original houses built here, their legacy remains in the road layout set down when most of the area was still fields. What was built in the late 1700s was two rows of houses with back gardens with a narrow passageway behind them.
What is today called Voss Street spa