Golden Lane Housing Estate
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Council housing complex built to accommodate 1,400 people in an area destroyed by bombing in World War II
Laid out as a pedestrian precinct the seven acre site contains one to four room flats at a density of 200 p.p.a.
The nine blocks divide the site into a series of inter related courts with the main pedestrian circulation at ground level and the more secluded courts excavated to basement level.
The blocks contrast in size and character, family flats and maisonettes are contained in blocks with small two room flats placed in the central 16 storey block and the crescent block facing Goswell Road.
Great Arthur House, the 16 storey block provides vertical emphasis at the centre of the development and contains 120 flats on 15 floors with estate offices, hobby rooms and laundry rooms placed on the ground floor.
A community centre sits in a sunken court level containing a hall with a stage and changing facilities, library, club and games room.
Data
- Completed: 1957
- Floor area: 28,000m2
- Sector: Residential
- Address: Golden Lane, London, EC1 0RD, United Kingdom
Tags 
City of London, Estate, Grade II listed, Housing estate, Listed building, London, Open House 2014, Open House 2015
Materials
Professional Team
- Architect: Chamberlin, Powell & Bon
- Client: City of London Corporation
- Heating consultant: H. J. Knox
- Main contractor: George Wimpey
- Structural engineer: Arup
- Quantity surveyor: Davis, Belfield & Everest
