Tachbrook
Estate, London
Architect
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F Milton Harvey |
Date Built
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1935 - 1947
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Location
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Pimlico,
Aylesford Street
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Description
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The Tachbrook Housing
Estate occupies a site beside Aylesford Street
in Pimlico. It comprises 14 low-rise, 6 to
8 eight-storey, buildings that were built in
three stages. The first blocks were built
before WWII at the Lupus Street end of the
site. After the war the estate was
extended southwards to Grosvenor Road.
The "londongardensonline.org"
website explains that, "... The blocks
are set in landscaping, planted with
numerous trees and with a communal garden
and playground."
The estate became part of the Peabody Trust in
1972. They say of the site that, "...
Westminster Housing Trust Ltd
was set up as a Public Utility Society in
order to build what became the Tachbrook
estate of 180 flats. Houses on Pulford
Street were demolished and through the
auspices of the Pulford Street Site
Committee the majority of this land was
saved from use for commercial purposes.
The LCC sold the land below its market
value in view of the proposed use for
housing and the purchase price of £32,000
was largely raised by Westminster
residents, with grants from the Ministry
of Health and Westminster City Council.
The estate consists of 14 blocks, lying to
the east of Aylesford Street. The blocks
were named for significant historical
figures with Founders House commemorating
the work of the Pulford Street Site
Committee, Lady Walston and the Rt Hon Sir
John Davidson, Chairman and Treasurer
respectively of the Committee. Abbots
House was named for the Abbots of the
Monastery of Westminster, previous
landowners of the area; Beaufort House
after the mother of Henry VII, Lady
Margaret Beaufort and Cowper House after
the C18th poet and hymn-writer William
Cowper, who studied at Westminster
School."
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