John Benn was opened 1885 and later purchased in 1889. Known to have been used as a relief home. January 1927 premises sold to East End Hostels. Association and repurchased in September 1949. Barnardo's kept the premises until the whole complex at Stepney Causeway was sold in 1972

More additions were planned. Doctor Barnardo was anxious to acquire property in Bower Street, Stepney, which ran parallel to the Causeway and which the Home backed on to. Funds were raised and in 1887 a new dormitory was supplied by adding a fourth storey to the existing building in Stepney Causeway. This was split into four dormitories, each containing an average of 100 beds.

The 11 small houses which the Doctor so much desired in Bower Street, 'were unexpectedly thrown into the market', and in the space of a year the much sought after addition to the Homes was in use and the previously too small playground was now of an adequate size for the boys to play in, and the drill yard, where the boys exercised every morning, extended. The new building was connected to those in the Causeway by a covered bridge.

The trade block attached to the rear of the main building catered for carpentry, brush making, tailoring, shoe-making, baking, and engineering, to which were now added workshops for wheelwrights and tinsmiths, printers, blacksmiths, and for mat-making and harness making.