Porter's House (former Laundry).

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TQ 3382 8/85

BOUNDARY ESTATE MONTCLARE STREET E2 (west side) Porters' House (former laundry)

GV II 1899. Red brick, hipped tiled roof curved to eaves. Paired chimney stacks joined by arches. Long dormer rank in roof. Wide eaves soffit with modillions and dentil cornice below. Two storeys (and dormers) five windows, first floor two-light, mullions and transom with leaded glazing and stucco dressings. Brick string course below sill height. Ground floor, two windows of six lights each flanking centre door with fanlight and Tudor arch. At rear, sexagonal brick boilerhouse chimney rises from square plinth. Top of chimney has wide stuccoed cornice with band of blind arcading below.

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: TQ3371682496