The Davenant Centre, situated in Whitechapel in the East End of London, England, was[citation needed] a centre of excellence for youth services in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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The Davenant Centre was built to remember the community work of the Reverend Ralph Davenant, Rector of Whitechapel, who left a legacy to educate forty boys and thirty girls. A building was first erected on the Whitechapel site of the present Davenant Centre in 1660. A school was built following the death of Reverend Ralph Davenant in 1680 and re-built and expanded in 1818 and 1896. The rear building of the present Davenant Centre has a Grade II Renaissance Style Listing.
The Davenant Centre is part of the East End community and was in regular use by voluntary groups in Tower Hamlets.