Description

TQ 2978 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER JOHN ISLIP STREET, SW1 105/42 Landseer House, Millbank 5.2.70 Estate G.V. II LCC housing estate block of flats. 1897-1902, part of one of the first and most significant of the LCC estates by the Architects' Department housing section under Owen Fleming and , more particularly in this case, R. Minton Taylor who was probably responsible for the estate layout radiating from a rectangular public garden. Red brick with slight stone dressings, tiled roofs. Human, Arts and Crafts socialist housing design inspired by Webb, Lethaby and Smith and Brewer with "Queen Anne" and Northern European features, all executed to a high standard. Shallow L plan block with north wing at right angles to John Islip Street, with courtyard elevations. 5 storey gabled pavilion wings and 4 storeys and attic between them. Cornice-hooded recessed porches to north courtyard. Segmental arched flush framed glazing bar sashes, tripartite on ground floor, grouped to express interior distribution. Dormers above overhanging eaves. The block balances its twin Mulready House in the group north of the garden. (c.f. Boundary Street Estate, Tower Hamlets). A Revolution in London Housing; Susan Beattie.

Listing NGR: TQ2994378521

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