Clandon House, Boyfield Street Estate

This block of flats was completed in 1897 by RM Taylor for the London County Council's Housing Branch. It forms a pair with Albury House, facing across Boyfield Street. The building is constructed of brick with stone dressings, and has a slate roof. The design incorporates Arts and Crafts details, most notably on the Silex Street elevation, which features a composition of gables and projecting chimney breasts. The gabled sections are canted outwards, with chimneys corbelled out at first-floor level and extending above the skyline in a bartizan-like manner. The central gabled section has two chimneys between which are casement windows within round-arched recesses on each floor above the ground-floor entrance. The outer gabled sections are blind. The building includes sash windows with glazing bars, and segmental, gauged-brick arches over windows. Smaller, broad segmental-headed casement windows are recessed, with those on the second floor set beneath wide eaves. The Boyfield Street elevation includes a staircase within the central gabled section, featuring Tudor details, and stone dressings to the openings; tripartite mullioned windows are above a round-arched ground-floor entrance with alternate block surrounds. Balconies with simple ironwork provide access to front doors on the upper floors, while ground-floor entrances are recessed. The windows are mostly paired sashes with glazing bars and segmental, gauged-brick arches. The interior has not been inspected. The block’s design is generally similar to Merrow House and Ripley House on Rushworth Street.