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Highcliffe Drive, LONDON, SW15 4PX

One of a group of 5 apartment blocks along the road. In the background is Charcot House. Found out later, this building and the other apartment blocks are Grade II* listed. See http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-472039-winchfield-house-and-abutting-chimney-gr for more details. 'probably the finest low-cost housing development in the world' (G E Kidder Smith) was said about them...!

One of the striking chimneys. Fuller view: Image

One of the most highly regarded post-war housing estates, chiefly due to the variation in building types, landscaping and the generous allowance made for green space. The London County Council began planning in 1951 (chief architect Robert Matthew). Alton East came first, Alton West from 1954. Seen here are three of its landmark group of five slabs atop Downshire Field. They bear more than a passing resemblance to Le Corbusier's Unite d'Habitation in Marseilles. Flats recessed behind a grid, the block standing on pilotis (Image]). Pevsner attributes the development of this type of design to LCC architects W.J. Howell and Colin St John Wilson. Grade II* listed.

A close-up of Winchfield House, one of the five slabs. The listing says the reinforced concrete frame is complemented by "Dorset shingle and Derbyshire spar". Fuller view: Image

Series of five 'slab' blocks - Dunbridge House, Denmead House, Charcot House, Winchfield House, and Binley House - built in the 1950s to the designs of the London County Council Architects' Department. Grade II* listed - "They are the centrepiece of the Alton West estate, the LCC's most ambitious post-war development scheme and considered 'probably the finest low-cost housing development in the world' (G E Kidder Smith). It remains very highly regarded." - quoted from this https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1246040.

Two of a series of five 'slab' blocks - Dunbridge House, Denmead House, Charcot House, Winchfield House, and Binley House - built in the 1950s to the designs of the London County Council Architects' Department. Grade II* listed - "They are the centrepiece of the Alton West estate, the LCC's most ambitious post-war development scheme and considered 'probably the finest low-cost housing development in the world' (G E Kidder Smith). It remains very highly regarded." - quoted from this https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1246040.

Three specimens between the top of the Alton West Estate and Clarence Lane. Roehampton was a favoured area for country villas (an unusually high proportion of which survive), and, despite extensive modern development, many fine mature trees from their grounds have been preserved.

One of a group of 5 apartment blocks along the road. Found out later, this building and the other apartment blocks are Grade II* listed. See http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-472038-binley-house-greater-london-authority for more details. 'probably the finest low-cost housing development in the world' (G E Kidder Smith) was said about them...!

View south-east, from the Xstrata Treetop Walkway, towards the skyscrapers of Roehampton. www.kew.org