Reynolds House (South Block)

Reynolds House (south block) is a block of flats within the London County Council housing estate, built between 1897 and 1902. It's part of a significant early LCC estate designed by the Architects' Department, under Owen Fleming and particularly by R. Minton Taylor, who likely designed the layout radiating from a rectangular public garden. The building is red brick with some stone dressings and slate roofs. The design exemplifies humane, Arts and Crafts socialist principles, drawing inspiration from the works of Webb, Lethaby, and Smith and Brewer, incorporating Queen Anne style features with a clear commitment to high standards. It is one of two blocks forming pavilions, five stories high with steep mansarded attics in between, creating an "L" shape around a central courtyard. The building has 12-window ranges and pavilion hipped roof breaks. Entrances are located on the courtyard elevations. Windows are segmental arched glazing bar sashes with exposed box frames, which visually represent the interior layout. Dormers are incorporated into the roof. Reynolds House is part of a symmetrical group with Hogarth House and Gainsborough House and is comparable to the Boundary Street Estate in Tower Hamlets.