15-33, MINSTEAD GARDENS
15-33, MINSTEAD GARDENS
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1246017
- Date first listed:
- 22-Dec-1998
- List Entry Name:
- 15-33, MINSTEAD GARDENS
- Statutory Address:
- 15-33, MINSTEAD GARDENS
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1246017
- Date first listed:
- 22-Dec-1998
- List Entry Name:
- 15-33, MINSTEAD GARDENS
- Statutory Address 1:
- 15-33, MINSTEAD GARDENS
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- 15-33, MINSTEAD GARDENS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Wandsworth (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 21678 73938
Details
TQ 21 73 NE WANDSWORTH, LB MINSTEAD GARDENS
(east side)
1207/19/10069 Nos. 15-33 (Odd)
GV II
Staggered terrace of ten bungalows for old-age pensioners. Designed 1952-3; built 1957-8 by the London County Council's Architect's Department Housing Division, Colin Lucas Architect in Charge, J A Partridge, W G Howell, J A W Killick, S F Amis, J R Galley and R Stout job architects. Brick and concrete cross-wall construction with roughcast infill panels; flat roofs counterbalanced by high concrete stacks that give the group great character. The rectangle of each single-storey unit incorporates recessed porches to front and back. The glazing and panels under windows renewed in UPVC, to a pattern resembling the original. Flush timber doors follow the original pattern. Storage area, formerly a fuel store, incorporated in front wall. Retaining walls enclose a small garden area to front, at rear the open grassed area is part of the groups composition. Cobbles outside No. 33 a picturesque touch indicative of the attention paid to detail and landscape. Interiors comprise large single room with fireplace, linen cupboard and bed recess; kitchen and bathroom not of special interest.
The groups of old people's dwellings are a charming feature of the Alton West development. Their small scale is a deliberate counterpoise to the the great slabs and point blocks around, a contrast futher exploited in the quirky, unexpected chimneys. This combination of very large and very tiny buildings exemplifies the concept of 'mixed development', with houses and flats to suit all ages and needs, of which Alton West is the ultimate expression. These bungalows also form a strong group with the C18 Mount Clare behind. 'Their informal tight grouping and open roadways achieve almost the character of the original parklands, yet these tiny units take their place exceedingly well with the tall blocks across the spine road and on the higher slope'. (Prefabrication, November 1958).
Listing NGR: TQ2167873938
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 472045
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Bruckmann, H, Lewis, D L, New Housing in Great Britain, (1960), 60-99
Architecture and Building in June, (1959), 222-7
Prefabrication in November, (1958), 594-8
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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