Description

TQ 2978 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER ERASMUS STREET, SW1 105/33 Gainsborough House 5.2.70 (south block) G.V. II LCC housing estate block of flats. 1897-1902 one of the first estates by the LCC 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 some slight stone dressings, slate roofs. Humane Arts and Crafts socialist housing design inspired by Philip Webb, Lethaby and Smith and Brewer with "Queen Anne" features, all executed to high standards.One of 2 blocks of 5-storey pavilions with 4 storeys and steep mansarded attic in between, forming an L plan with common courtyard behind. 12-window ranges with 2 pavilion hipped roof breaks. Entrances in courtyard elevations. Segmental arched glazing bar sashes with exposed box frames, grouped to express interior distribution. Part of a symmetrical composition with Hogarth House and Reynolds House q.v. (c.f. Boundary Street Estate, Tower Hamlets). A Revolution in London Housing; Susan Beattie.

Listing NGR: TQ2986778549

External Links

• Wikidata Q27083910

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