Description

SOUTHWARK

TQ3179 BOYFIELD STREET
636-1/4/110 (South West side)
30/09/77 Albury House, Boyfield Street Estate
(Formerly Listed as:
BOYFIELD STREET
(South West side)
Albury House and Clandon House)

GV II

Block of flats. Completed 1897. By RM Taylor. For the LCC's
Housing Branch. Brick with some stone dressings; slate roof.
PLAN: balcony access block forming a pair with Clandon House
(qv) which faces it across the street.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys. Arts and Crafts details, particularly to
rear elevation which has juxtaposition of gables and angular
end-on chimney breasts. Gabled sections are canted out, the
chimneys corbelled out at 1st-floor level and carried up
bartizan-wise to emerge above the skyline.
The outer gabled sections have 2 chimneys, between which are
casement windows within round-arched recesses on each floor
above ground-floor entrance.
The central gabled section is blind and has only 1 chimney.
Some sash windows with glazing bars and segmental,
gauged-brick arches. Smaller broad segmental-headed casement
windows in recessed sections, those on 2nd floor tucked
beneath wide eaves.
Elevation to street has openings to staircases and ground
floor flats; individual front doors to upper floor flats
approached along short access balconies with simple ironwork.
Windows mostly sashes (some paired) with glazing bars and
segmental, gauged-brick arches.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
As a pair with Clandon House (qv), generally identical to the
2 blocks at Rushworth Street, Merrow House and Ripley House
(qv).

Listing NGR: TQ3180479645

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26658784

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)