Description

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TQ 3582
8/74

BOUNDARY ESTATE
BOUNDARY STREET E2 (east side)
Abingdon House

GV
II
1899. Red brick with tiled mansard roof, pitched over gables, conical over corner towers. Heavy, bracketed wooden eaves cornice. Four storeys and dormers, five under gables and corner towers. End and centre advanced under angular three bay towers and centre double gables of three bays each with hanging dormer between. Twenty two windows in all, sashes and casements with glazing bars. Facade to Navarre Street similar but only fifteen windows. Bay between two centre gables has cornice carried up to form semi-circular pediment over central window

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: TQ3354682410

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27085040

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)