Cookham House

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TQ 3382 8/84

BOUNDARY ESTATE MONTCLARE STREET E2 (west side) Cookham House

GV II 1899. Red brick with blue brick banding in gables. Tiled roof. Four storeys and double tier of dormers. Six storeys under gables. Fourteen windows in all. Central gable over two four-light mullioned windows with stucco dressings on ground floor. String course above. Square oriels with stuccoed bases, first to third floor windows. Above, arched windows with stuccoed tympana. Blank window fifth floor. Casements and sashes with glazing bars. End gables have wide brick cornice above third floor, inner three bays have brick arches first to third floors. Wide bracketed eaves soffit above. Facade to Old Nichol Street, four storeys with double tier of dormers above, four windows width.

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: TQ3373082440