Benson House

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TQ 3382 8/82

BOUNDARY ESTATE LIGONIER STREET E2 (west side) Benson House

GV II 1899. Red brick with tiled roof and bracketed eaves cornice. Four storeys and dormers. Five storeys under gables and centre two bays under hipped roof. Eighteen windows in all, sashes, one-, two- and three-lights, mostly with segmental arches. First to third floor windows, of gables and centre two bays, in shallow brick arches. Fourth floor windows have individual brick arches. Flanking window rank at each side terminates in flat cornice forming wheeler to gable ends. Blind window above. All dormers have hipped roofs.

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: TQ3356682414