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.

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instanceOf council housing scheme ⓘ
housing development ⓘ
social housing estate ⓘ
architect Owen Fleming ⓘ
Reginald Minton Taylor ⓘ
constructionStart 1890s ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
developer London County Council ⓘ
governedBy Tower Hamlets London Borough Council ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle Edwardian ⓘ
Victorian ⓘ
hasBuildingType tenement blocks ⓘ
hasCentralFeature Arnold Circus ⓘ
bandstand ⓘ
raised circular garden ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance example of late-19th-century social reform in housing ⓘ
hasCurrentUse residential housing estate ⓘ
hasDesignFeature balconies and external staircases ⓘ
symmetrical blocks around central circus ⓘ
hasGreenSpace Arnold Circus gardens ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance first large-scale council estate built by London County Council ⓘ
model for later public housing schemes ⓘ
hasMaterial red brick ⓘ
hasNotableFeature communal open space ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
East London ⓘ
England ⓘ
London Borough of Tower Hamlets ⓘ
Shoreditch ⓘ
locatedNear Brick Lane ⓘ
Columbia Road ⓘ
Shoreditch High Street ⓘ
openingDate 1900 ⓘ
ownedBy local authority ⓘ
partOf early social housing movement in the United Kingdom ⓘ
replaces Old Nichol slum ⓘ

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Shoreditch → hasLandmark → Boundary Estate (nearby) ⓘ