Description

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TQ 3382
8/92

BOUNDARY ESTATE
SWANFIELD STREET E2 (west side)
Sonning House

GV
II
1899. Building has rounded glazed corners to shoulder height. Ground floor of red brick forms plinth to building. Above, yellow stocks with red brick bands and dressings. Heavy red brick eaves cornice and slate roof. Four storeys and dormers. Corner facades slanted with paired sashes under Flemish style gables. Central paired gables along facade with further interval gable at each side of these. Sixteen windows in all, sashes with contemporary glazing bars under flat lintels. Windows paired under gables. Brick pilasters separate windows between first and third floors.

The Boundary Estate is an early LCC estate of advanced design for its period. It contains a variety of architectural details and its streets radiate from a central raised park in Arnold Circus. The entire estate forms a group. See the following streets; Arnold Circus E2, Boundary Street E2, Calvert Avenue E2, Camlet Street E2, Club Row E2, Hocker Street E2, Ligonier Street E2, Montclare Street E2, Naverre Street E2, Old Nichol Street E2, Palissy Street E2, Rochelle Street E2, Swanfield Street E2 and Virginia Street E2.

Listing NGR: TQ3374282584

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27082778

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