Mulready House, Millbank Estate

Mulready House is a block of flats built between 1897 and 1902 as part of the Millbank Estate in the City of Westminster. It was designed by the London County Council’s Architects’ Department, under Owen Fleming and R. Minton Taylor, who was likely responsible for the layout radiating from a central public garden. The building is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and tiled roofs. The design reflects a humane, Arts and Crafts socialist approach, drawing inspiration from the work of Webb, Lethaby and Smith and Brewer, incorporating Queen Anne and Northern European influences, all executed to a high standard.

It is a shallow L-shaped block with a south wing at a right angle to John Islip Street, featuring courtyard elevations. The building has five storeys, with gabled pavilion wings and a central break, and a section of four storeys and an attic situated between them. Cornice-hooded recessed porches are present in the south courtyard. Windows are flush framed glazing bar sashes, with tripartite windows on the ground floor, grouped to reflect the interior room layout. Dormers are located above overhanging eaves. Mulready House balances with its twin, Landseer House, within the group of buildings south of the garden.