97-128, EALING VILLAGE

This block of flats stands in Ealing Village and was built in 1934 by R Toms and Partners for the Bell Property Company. It is one of five similar blocks. The building is constructed of painted white brick with red dressings, and has a green tile roof and painted brick chimneys. It is three storeys high, with an attic, and has 22 bays. The main entrance doors consist of a single glass pane within a wooden surround with decorative glazing bars, while the windows are small-pane metal Crittal windows with tile sills. Similar French windows are also present. The attic has flat-roofed dormers, with the larger ones having canted sides and decorative central metal panels where paired. Four evenly spaced entrance and stair bowers feature curvilinear gables and decorative brick panels linking the door surrounds to the upper windows, with the attic window above being narrower and round arched. Full-height canted bay windows are found at the ends of the building and between towers. Balconies, linking the bays to the towers, incorporate decorative openwork panels of semi-circular tiles. The roof is steeply pitched and hipped, with a flat top. The rear elevation retains its original window arrangement, and includes metal fire escapes with part-glazed doors. The interior has not been fully inspected, but some flats retain original features.