Bourne Estate
The Bourne Estate is an
The estate is built in a free Classical style, with Arts and Crafts touches, developing the idiom established by the London County Council with the Boundary Estate and Millbank Estate in a formal direction.[1]
The estate consists of a number of residential blocks which enclose a number of quiet shady courtyards containing mature trees, mostly
In 2013 planning permission was granted for a £14 million regeneration of the Bourne Estate. Matthew Lloyd Architects’ scheme,[3] developed with Camden Council and Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design, provides 75 new homes across two mixed tenure blocks. Landscaping is to be improved across the southern half of the estate with re-ordered public realm, sports and playspaces by Dally Henderson Landscape Architects.
History
Constructed from 1905–1909, it is regarded as one of London's best examples of
The Bourne Estate is the third of the three key estates built by the London County Council in the years of its greatest innovation. In Britain the Bourne Estate is the least known, but it has an international significance as the model for the much admired and highly influential public housing erected in Vienna immediately after the First World War. The Viennese model was subsequently brought back to England, as can be seen in the
The surrounding streets were laid out in the 17th century on an intersecting grid pattern from north to south, east to west. Portpool Lane is part of the estate itself and derives its name from the old manor of Portpool which was held by Grays of Wilton, also for Gray's Inn.[2]
The estate was originally bounded at its southern edge by factories and industrial buildings that were damaged during the Second World War and demolished.[2] To the southwest of the estate was Thanksgiving Model Buildings, built in 1850 for the 'Society for Improving the Conditions of the Labouring Classes', this block consisted of two four-storey buildings providing accommodation for 20 families and 128 single women. Also badly bomb-damaged in 1943 during the Blitz, the buildings were subsequently demolished.[4]
Two
A number of the buildings in the Bourne Estate appear to have been named after former
Shene, Ledham, Skipwith, Denys, Frewell,
Transport
The nearest London underground stations are Chancery Lane and Farringdon, with overground trains running from Farringdon.
References
- ^ a b "Bourne Estate (Northern Part) Denys House Frewell House Ledham House Radcliffe House Redman Hou – Camden – Greater London – England". British Listed Buildings. 11 January 1999. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ a b c "Hatton Garden Conservation Area Statement". Camden.gov.uk. 1999. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ [1] Archived May 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Royal Institute of British Architects". Ribapix.com. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ "Camden Council: Bourne Estate regeneration". Camden.gov.uk. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2015.