Basic Site Details Name: | Wilberforce Housing Estate | Town, district or village: | Battersea | City or county: | London | Country: | England | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Comprises six blocks (3 mirror image pairs with courts between, Burke House, Buxton house, Clarkson House, Chalmers House, Fox House, Pitt House and Ramsey House) of five storeys on Maysoule Street. (N.B. we previously had a note of two outlying blocks, Chalmers House in York Road and Milner House in Hope Street, butChalmers House needs to be checked)
Builders: Holland Hannen & Cubitts | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Housing | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Hope Street | | | | Maysoule Street | | | | Shillington Drive | | | | York Road | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | November 1938 | | Plans prepared, construction not yet begun | | | 1946 | 1948 | Build/construction | | | 1948 | | Design exhibited | |
PeopleDesign and Construction
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Cherry, B and Pevsner, N | 1983 | London 2: South (The Buildings of England) | | London: Penguin Books | p679 | | Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts | 1948 | | | | 645 | | Survey of London | | Survey of London | | | Volume 50 Battersea, p212 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 3 June 1949 | | | |
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