Agents
Building contractor
Wates
Architects
Norman & Dawbarn
Events
Committee approval date
Local authority
Original commissioning authority
Woolwich Metropolitan Borough Council
Original location authority
Woolwich Metropolitan Borough Council
Location
Postcode
SE18 5LE
Other location names
Samuel Street and Frances Street
References and links
The Builder 30-6-1961, 1282
The Architectural Review 1-1959, 13
Surveyor 20-5-1961, 654-5
Keystone Summer 1961, 8-11
Official Architecture and Planning 6-1961, 160-2
Site description
Contextual information
Initially planned as part of larger development consisting of 4- and 2-storey blocks as well as shops and a doctor's surgery
1988
View of all four blocks from Frances Street with 395-497 Frances Street in background
View of all four blocks from Frances Street with 395-497 Frances Street in background
1989
View of St Mary's Comprehensive Development Area
View of St Mary's Comprehensive Development Area
Original development name
St Mary's Comprehensive Development Area
Multi-storey block names
135-237 Samuel Street L37
287-393 Samuel Street L40
75-177 Frances Street L38
183-285 Frances Street L39
Multi-storey block details
one 15-storey block containing 57 dwellings; three 14-storey blocks containing 162 dwellings
Postcode area
SE18
Image dates
1988; 1989
Image details
View of all four blocks from Frances Street with 395-497 Frances Street in background; View of St Mary's Comprehensive Development Area
Grenfell Tower
Lived in a flat here from 1961 to 62, but my mum never got used to the height, wind, drafty, creepy landings and communal laundry, so moved back to a prefab. What do residents hre say after Grenfell Tower catastrophe?