Description

SOUTHWARK

TQ3179 BOYFIELD STREET
636-1/4/111 (North East side)
30/09/77 Clandon House, Boyfield Street
Estate
(Formerly Listed as:
BOYFIELD STREET
(North East 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 Albury House
(qv) which faces it across the street.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys. Arts and Crafts details, particularly to
Silex Street 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 central gabled section has 2 chimneys, between which are
casement windows within round-arched recesses on each floor
above ground-floor entrance. Outer gabled sections have only 1
chimney and are blind. 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 Boyfield Street has staircase in central gabled
section with Tudor details; stone dressings to openings:
tripartite mullioned windows above round-arched ground-floor
entrance with alternate block surrounds. Front doors to
individual flats on upper floors are approached along short
access balconies with simple ironwork. Ground-floor entrances
in recesses. Windows mostly paired sashes with glazing bars
and segmental, gauged-brick arches.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
As a pair with Albury House (qv), generally identical to the 2
blocks at Rushworth Street, Merrow House and Ripley House
(qv).

Listing NGR: TQ3182479653

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26658785

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)