Corringham, Craven Hill Gardens
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Corringham, Craven Hill Gardens
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 17 Jul 2011
A curtain-walled block which, at least at first glance, resembles a typical 1960s office slab, but is in fact a block of flats. A well-groomed building by Kenneth Frampton and Douglas Stephen & Partners, 1961-62. It even has its own website on which it states that its "unique scissor design allows all flats to have west-facing living rooms with sunset views, while all bedrooms overlook the quiet communal gardens." The listing observes that "on the exterior this complexity is only hinted at by the split-level escape stair on the southern elevation" (Image]). Grade II listed. The concrete service tower was stained by nothing more serious than a recent heavy shower.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.512135
Longitude
-0.183073