Cromwell Building Numbers 5-24 and Attached Railings
CROMWELL BUILDING NUMBERS 5-24 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, REDCROSS WAY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1385813
- Date first listed:
- 11-Mar-1994
- Statutory Address:
- CROMWELL BUILDING NUMBERS 5-24 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, REDCROSS WAY
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1385813
- Date first listed:
- 11-Mar-1994
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 17-Sept-1998
- Statutory Address 1:
- CROMWELL BUILDING NUMBERS 5-24 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, REDCROSS WAY
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CROMWELL BUILDING NUMBERS 5-24 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, REDCROSS WAY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Southwark (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ3245380171
Details
TQ3280
636-1/2/631
11/03/94
SOUTHWARK
REDCROSS WAY
(West side)
Cromwell Buildings Nos 5-24 (consec) and attached railings
(Formerly Listed as:
REDCROSS WAY
Cromwell Buildings and attached railings)
II
Flatted philanthropic housing and integral shops. 1864. By
Sydney Waterlow, with Matthew Allen, builder. For Waterlow's
Improved Industrial Dwellings Company. Brick in Flemish bond,
painted stucco or cement facing, and cast concrete details;
roof parapeted.
5 storeys. End blocks of one window each, stretching between a
recessed open-stair, balcony range. Flats entered via the
balconies. Walls to balconies are rendered, painted, and
treated as blind, round-arched arcading pierced by windows and
doors. Rubbish chute in centre. Railings to area and
balconies. Shop to ground floor of each end range, with
bracket fascia of original design.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Sydney Waterlow's IIDC was one of the most
successful of Victorian providers of low-cost rented
accommodation which was also commercial. Founded in 1863, its
early buildings are among the most distinctive examples of
model dwellings in London. The stairwell and railed balcony
arrangement (with the balcony treated as blind arcading) was
characteristic of IIDC blocks and was designed to improve
ventilation, sanitation and safety. Their history and that of
the philanthropic housing movement is told in 2 books by John
Tarn, 'Working Class Housing in 19th Century Britain' and
'Five per Cent Philanthropy'.
(Tarn J: Working Class Housing in 19th Century Britain: 1971-;
Tarn J: Five Per Cent Philanthropy: 1973-).
Listing NGR: TQ3245380171
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 471225
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Tarn, J, Working Class Housing in 19th Century Britain, (1971)
Tarn, N, The Builder in Five Per Cent Philanthropy, (1973)
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