The Lawn Attached Walls And Terrace

This is a ten-story block of flats, with attached walls and a terrace, built between 1950 and 1951 by Frederick Gibberd. It has an irregular, trapezoid plan with a tapering internal core and angled wings, featuring a gently curved south front. Each floor contains two one-bedroom flats and two bedsitters, with four bedsits on the ground floor. Every apartment has a south-facing balcony, and the flats also have additional east or west-facing windows. The grouped bathrooms and kitchens on the east and west sides result in a pattern of four small square windows on each elevation. The balconies and recesses emphasize the curved south front, which is faced in light buff brick. The main cladding material is a warm red brick laid in a solid 14-inch wall using a double stretcher bond, revealing the care and attention to detail in the design. This represents a high quality example of British housing design from the early 1950s. The building has retained its original character, although the original metal windows have been replaced with UPVC. Attached terracing is found around the east side, with a north-facing wall providing a transition to a lower block. The interiors are not of particular interest. The Lawn was the first residential tower block in Britain and was awarded a Ministry of Health Housing medal in 1952.