Bigland Street Scheme, Cornwall Street Site

Block details

Number of dwellings Number of storeys
Richard Neale House 51 6
Newton House 55 6

Agents

Building contractor:
M.J. Gleeson

Events

Construction start date:
1952
Construction completion date:
1954

Local authority

Original commissioning authority:
Stepney Metropolitan Borough Council
Original location authority:
Stepney Metropolitan Borough Council
Present day authority:
Tower Hamlets London Borough Council

Location

Postcode:
E1 2QP, E1 2QW
View of 6-storey block from Cable Street
1988
View of 6-storey block from Cable Street
Estate name(s): 
Tarling Estate

Recent comments

  • 3rd block missing

    Strange, because you list here two blocks. But there is a third block of a similar construction but smaller (18 dwellings), Maddocks House, located on this estate and as far as we residents are aware, was part of the original scheme commissioned by Stepney Metropolitan Borough Council. The three blocks were clad in the late 1990s and their orientation was changed, to incorporate fenced individual gardens on the side pictured here. These 3 blocks now comprise the Tarling East Estate managed by Tower Hamlets Homes on behalf of LBTH.