#2 Boundary

Developer: LCC
Year: 1890
Location: Urban
Density: 180 dw/ha
Height: 5-6 storeys
Architect: Fleming
Drivers: Slum clearance, health, poverty relief

The London County Council built some of the earliest ‘council housing’, replacing notorious east end rookeries. This estate was hailed as setting ‘new aesthetic standards for housing the working classes’; it included a laundry, shops, and workshops and a bandstand – still there!

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