Description

TQ 16 NE
374/3/10049

ESHER
BRIDGE ROAD
East Molesey
Nos. 1-15, Kingfisher Court

GV
II

Block of flats. Circa 1935 by Guy Morgan. Pink brick in Flemish bond; oversailing flat roof with boxed eaves, boarded soffit and brick chimneys. Fomms south-west comer of a large quadrangle completed by larger, detached, block to east (flats nos 16- 57, qv), and having principal elevation being on to the road (west side). 3 storeys with further flat-roofed stage on roof of road-side (north-west) wing, open-sided but with brick section housing stair and water tank. In Modern Movement style and having metal windows, mostly of 2 or 3 lights, with tile cills, concrete lintels, and horizontal glazing bays on ground and first floors. Road elevation: 6 bays; entrance, in bay 4, has curved flanking attached pilasters supporting curved-cornered canopy and full-height stair-window with glazing bars above. Curved-cornered projecting bays to bays 1 and 6 with full-width, curved-cornered, windows. Rear elevations plainer, but with similar entrance and stair window. Interior: flats "have wooden floors; panelled cupboards and doors, some with overlights; tile window cills; some surviving original fireplaces with polished stone surrounds and tiled hearths. Stairs have dado rail and plain stair rails with wooden handrails.
Together with the block containing flats nos 16- 57, the swimming pool with pump-house, and the pond in the sunken garden (qqv), this range forms an impressive 1930s luxury-apartment development in the Modern Movement style.

Listing NGR: TQ1503768111

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26367922

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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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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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover