Agents
Building contractor
Gee Walker and Slater
Architects
F.G. Southgate
Events
Committee approval date
Construction start date
Habitation date(s)
First habitation: 1947
Significant alterations/demolition, etc.
Ten blocks demolished, leaving only nine extant 6-storey blocks on Priory Court Estate
Local authority
Original commissioning authority
Walthamstow Municipal Borough Council
Original location authority
Walthamstow Municipal Borough Council
Location
Postcode
E17 5YE
E17 5YF
E17 5YG
E17 5ND
E17 5NY
E17 5NZ
E17 5LU
E17 5LL
E17 5LH
E17 5LS
Other location names
Priory Court; Sherwood Close; Darndale Close; Eastleigh Road
Estate name(s)
Priory Court Estate
References and links
Building 6-1948, 172-5
The Builder 16-4-1948, 458-64
Architectural Design 11-1948, 242
The Architectural Review 8-1948, 55-9
Architect and Building News 7-5-1948, 418-26
Surveyor 30-4-1948, 221
Concrete Quarterly No. 3, 7-1948, 22-5
Cement and Concrete Association, Priory Court (1949)
A.W. Cleeve Barr, Public Authority Housing (1958), 191
Site description
Contextual information
Site area: 20.73 acres
1982
Entrance to one 6-storey block on Priory Court Estate
Entrance to one 6-storey block on Priory Court Estate
1982
General view of Priory Court Estate
General view of Priory Court Estate
Original development name
Countess Road
Multi-storey block names
Renfrew House L1665
Shanklin House L1666
Tuscany House L1667
Washington House L1668
Vermont House L1669
Upshire House L1670
Everglades House L1671
Devon House L1673
Capri House L1672
Adelaide House L1674
Unknown L1675
Unknown L1676
Unknown L1677
Unknown L1678
Unknown L1679
Unknown L1680
Unknown L1681
Unknown L1682
Unknown L1683
Multi-storey block details
nineteen 6-storey blocks containing 400 dwellings
Postcode area
E17
Image dates
1982; 1982
Image details
Entrance to one 6-storey block on Priory Court Estate; General view of Priory Court Estate