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Golden Lane
Block details
Number of dwellings
Number of storeys
Great Arthur House
120
16
Bowater House
30
6
Bayer House/Basterfield House/Stanley Cohen House
116
6
Agents
Building contractor:
Wimpey
Architects:
Chamberlain, Powell & Bon
Engineers:
Ove Arup & Partners
Events
Design date(s):
1952
Committee approval date:
1954
Local authority
Original commissioning authority:
Corporation of London
Original location authority:
Corporation of London
Present day authority:
City of London Corporation
Location
Postcode:
EC1Y 0RE, EC1Y 0RJ, EC1Y 0TH, EC1Y 0RN
References and links
The Builder 29-2-1952, 325-8
The Builder 7-3-1952, 371-80
Architect and Building News 6-3-1952, 274-89
Architect and Building News 13-3-1952, 316-7
Architect and Building News 17-5-1956, 526-7
Architect and Building News 29-8-1957, 27-89
Architect and Building News 8-10-1958 (Adv)
Municipal Journal 7-3-1952, 488-91
The Architects' Journal 6-3-1952, 298-310
The Architects' Journal 20-3-1952, 354, 358-62
The Architects' Journal 11-7-1957, 78-9
Architectural Design 7-1953, 190-2
Architectural Design 9-1956, 295-9
Architectural Design 6-1958, 234-5
The Architectural Review 1-1954, 51-3
The Architectural Review 1-1956, 34-7
Architecture and Building 6-1956, 209-17
Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects 9-1956, 462
Housing Review 9/10-1957, 56-8
The Builder 15-11-1957, 850-6
Architectural Association Journal 4-1957, 214-23
The Architects' Journal 20-6-1957, 911-15
Architectural Design 9-1956, 294-9
Architect and Building News 19-8-1957, 271-89, 296
Architectural Review 6-1957, 414-26
Architecture and Building 8-1957, 301-9
Architecture and Building i 11-1957, 420-5
The Architects' Journal 11-7-1957, 78-9
A.W. Cleeve Barr, Public Authority Housing (1958), 153-5
The Architects' Journal 16-1-1958, 100-2
The Architects' Journal 29-12-1960, 931-42
Arup Journal 12-1970, 19-23
Site description
Contextual information:
Site density: 200 persons per acre.
1985
View of Great Arthur House with Cullum Welch House in foreground and Shakespeare Tower in background
1985
View of Great Arthur House
Estate name(s):
Golden Lane Estate