Henley House

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TQ 3382 8/91

BOUNDARY ESTATE SWANFIELD STREET E2 (west side) Henley House

GV II 1899. Ground floor of red brick forms plinth to building. Above, yellow stock with red brick dressings. Cornice above third floor windows. Slate roof with Flemish style gables and finials, end turrets. Four storeys and dormers, nineteen windows (with small windows between). Sashes with segmental arches and contemporary glazing bars. Inner facade with open staircase wells at intervals. Large brick stacks. Two bays to Old Nichol Street.

The Boundary Estate is an early LCC estate of advanced design for its period. It contains a variety of architectural details and its streets radiate from a central raised park in Arnold Circus. The entire estate forms a group. See the following streets; Arnold Circus E2, Boundary Street E2, Calvert Avenue E2, Camlet Street E2, Club Row E2, Hocker Street E2, Ligonier Street E2, Montclare Street E2, Naverre Street E2, Old Nichol Street E2, Palissy Street E2, Rochelle Street E2, Swanfield Street E2 and Virginia Street E2.

Listing NGR: TQ3375982522