Latitude: 51.525 / 51°31'30"N
Longitude: -0.0761 / 0°4'33"W
OS Eastings: 533566
OS Northings: 182432
OS Grid: TQ335824
Mapcode National: GBR W7.1H
Mapcode Global: VHGQT.MXNT
Plus Code: 9C3XGWGF+2H
Entry Name: Benson House
Listing Date: 27 September 1973
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1065150
English Heritage Legacy ID: 206069
ID on this website: 101065150
Location: Shoreditch, Tower Hamlets, London, E2
County: London
District: Tower Hamlets
Electoral Ward/Division: Weavers
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Tower Hamlets
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: St Leonard with S Michael, Shoreditch
Church of England Diocese: London
Tagged with: House
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TQ 3382
8/82
BOUNDARY ESTATE
LIGONIER STREET E2 (west side)
Benson House
GV
II
1899. Red brick with tiled roof and bracketed eaves cornice. Four storeys and dormers. Five storeys under gables and centre two bays under hipped roof. Eighteen windows in all, sashes, one-, two- and three-lights, mostly with segmental arches. First to third floor windows, of gables and centre two bays, in shallow brick arches. Fourth floor windows have individual brick arches. Flanking window rank at each side terminates in flat cornice forming wheeler to gable ends. Blind window above. All dormers have hipped roofs.
The Boundary Estate is an early LCC estate of advanced design for its period. It contains a variety of architectural details and its streets radiate from a central raised park in Arnold Circus. The entire estate forms a group. See the following streets; Arnold Circus E2, Boundary Street E2, Calvert Avenue E2, Camlet Street E2, Club Row E2, Hocker Street E2, Ligonier Street E2, Montclare Street E2, Naverre Street E2, Old Nichol Street E2, Palissy Street E2, Rochelle Street E2, Swanfield Street E2 and Virginia Street E2.
Listing NGR: TQ3356682414
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