Sceaux Estate

Block details

Number of dwellings Number of storeys
Colbert L811 30 6
Fontenelle L810 42 6
Lakanal House L807 98 15
Marie Curie House L808 98 15
Mistral L809 72 6
Voltaire L812 30 6

Agents

Building contractor
Laing
Architects
F.O. Hayes
H.C.Connell
A.W. Butler
H.P. Trenton
Other agents or contractors
Assistant architects: A.M. Jeffries; M.L.M. White; W.S. Solman; J. Hackworth; Structural consultant: W.V. Zinn; Quantity surveyor: Oswald E. Parratt

Events

Committee approval date

Local authority

Original commissioning authority
Camberwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Original location authority
Camberwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Present day authority
Southwark London Borough Council

Location

Postcode
SE5 7DN
SE5 7DG
SE5 7DS
SE5 7DT
SE5 7DE
SE5 7DD
Other location names
Peckham Road; Southampton Way
Estate name(s)
Sceaux Gardens Estate

References and links

Site description

Contextual information
Estate also contains a large number of single-storey flats
View of Marie Curie House from South
1988
View of Marie Curie House from South
View of Fontenelle
1987
View of Fontenelle
View of Lakaland House in foreground and Marie Curie House in background
1982
View of Lakaland House in foreground and Marie Curie House in background
Original development name
Sceaux Estate
Multi-storey block names
Lakanal House L807
Marie Curie House L808
Mistral L809
Fontenelle L810
Colbert L811
Voltaire L812
Multi-storey block details
two 15-storey blocks containing 196 dwellings; four 6-storey blocks containing 174 dwellings
Postcode area
SE5
Image dates
1988; 1987; 1982
Image details
View of Marie Curie House from South; View of Fontenelle; View of Lakaland House in foreground and Marie Curie House in background