Boundary Estate (nearby)
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Boundary Estate is a historic late-19th-century social housing development in East London, often cited as one of the world’s first council housing schemes.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Boundary Estate | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
council housing scheme
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housing development ⓘ social housing estate ⓘ |
| architect |
Owen Fleming
NERFINISHED
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Reginald Minton Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1890s ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| developer | London County Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Tower Hamlets London Borough Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle |
Edwardian
ⓘ
Victorian ⓘ |
| hasBuildingType | tenement blocks ⓘ |
| hasCentralFeature |
Arnold Circus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
bandstand ⓘ raised circular garden ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | example of late-19th-century social reform in housing ⓘ |
| hasCurrentUse | residential housing estate ⓘ |
| hasDesignFeature |
balconies and external staircases
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symmetrical blocks around central circus ⓘ |
| hasGreenSpace | Arnold Circus gardens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
first large-scale council estate built by London County Council
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model for later public housing schemes ⓘ |
| hasMaterial | red brick ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
communal open space
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decorative brickwork ⓘ inner courtyards ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfStoreys | 4–5 storeys (typical blocks) ⓘ |
| hasOriginalUse | municipal housing for the poor ⓘ |
| hasPurpose | working-class housing ⓘ |
| hasStreetPattern | radial plan around Arnold Circus ⓘ |
| hasTransportConnection |
near Shoreditch High Street railway station
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served by local London bus routes ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | listed buildings present ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | conservation area ⓘ |
| inception | 1890s ⓘ |
| isOneOf | world’s first council housing schemes ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bethnal Green
NERFINISHED
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East London NERFINISHED ⓘ England ⓘ London Borough of Tower Hamlets NERFINISHED ⓘ Shoreditch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Brick Lane
NERFINISHED
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Columbia Road NERFINISHED ⓘ Shoreditch High Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1900 ⓘ |
| ownedBy | local authority ⓘ |
| partOf | early social housing movement in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| replaces | Old Nichol slum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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