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Ashurst Lodge Ashurst Lodge, 145 (formerly 33) Highbury Grove, N.5. b.1962. Unusual in having an odd number of flats, it is a 2x4 block, joined to a 1x3 and a 2x3 on account of the slope. The block also has non-standard window frames. Replaced a large house on the site of the home of the creator of Crufts, it was renumbered along with the Limes (q.v.) when a council development between the two had need of more street numbers. One of four corner L-shaped blocks which give rise to internal variation, the others being Escuan Lodge, Heather Lodge, and Mostyn Lodge (q.v.), this is also one of the earlier examples of garages beneath the flats, accessed from Baalbec Road.
Burton Bank Burton Bank, 1-6 Yeate Street, N.1 This freestanding 1960 block has a gable ended pitched roof and has two entrances and four storeys. The first leaseholder of one of the flats was the late actor Eric Porter. In the East Canonbury conservation area. To the rear are the 16 stores and twenty-eight garages mostly in local authority ownership. Access and egress is by a drive for which little provision is made for maintenance.
The Croft The Croft, 50-54, Wall Street, N.1. b.1958. Unusual in having only two storeys, this matched the neighbouring properties to the south and west which were demolished in 1963 for an L.C.C. estate. Like most of the earlier blocks it enjoys a pitched roof. It has been the home of the author since 1978. Four stores between it and 56, Wall Street (built in the 1990s); no garages. Trolleybuses in Inner North London, published by LTPS, includes a photograph of the Southgate Road/ Wall Street/ Balls Pond Road junction, taken in April 1959, in which the north facing wall of the Croft is visible. The middle section of Wall Street was obliterated by the L.C.C. estate and the short section north of Dove Road finally extinguished in 1978.
Davis Lodge Davis Lodge, 3-4 Haverstock Street, N.1. (1960) 6 flats on three storeys, with the entrance a few steps below street level. The building is visible from City Road. Conservation area.
Davoch Lodge Davoch Lodge, 347, Liverpool Road, N.1. (1961) 4 flats one above the other on the end of a terrace, with the entrance in Barnsbury Park. For many years the Chairman of the Friends of Islington Libraries (FOIL), Poppy Doughty, lived in flat 3. Unusually for an Islington block, does not match the building line, which exceeds four "Day" storeys. Barnsbury Park conservation area.
Denham Lodge Denham Lodge, 31-33 Britannia Row, N.1. Built 1963 to three storeys. Next door to the famous Britannia Row studios where Pink Floyd recorded and opposite flats used for the 'Another brick in the wall' pop video.
Drummer Lodge Drummer Lodge, Kinloch Street, N.7. Built in 1963 on the site of 1-20, Dillon Place, an Archaeological Priority Area (Tollington Moated Manor House). Changes to the highways occasioned by construction of the Sobell Centre after building had started resulted in the postal address of Kinloch Street. Flats 13-18 are closest to the highway and flats 1-6 furthest away. The three storey block has a pitched roof and is in an L-shape. Flats 1-6 are bed-sits and the others the more usual 1-bed flats.
Farleigh House Farleigh House, 25-27 Halton Road, N.1. Three storey block of six flats, (the most popular format followed by over twenty blocks), dating from 1959. One of seven blocks clustered around the library in Essex Road. At one time the home the Mayor of Islington.
Frensham Court Frensham Court, 25-27 Highbury New Park, N.5. In Highbury New Park Conservation Area, two blocks of four storeys. The first was built and occupied in 1963, before building of flats 13-20 in 1965. It has three flats to a floor with vehicular access to the rear similar to Hexham Lodge(q.v.); the later block is of eight flats joined to flats 6,9 and 12 . There is 1 bed sit, 8 one-bed and 11 2-bed flats. As is usual with later blocks, there is one garage to each flat. The name is believed to have been inspired by a Frensham rose in the garden.
Gibbs Court 95, Tollington Park, N.4. (now Gibbs Court) Block of eight flats, built 1962 with a flat roof to the same height as its near neighbour Woodbank.(q.v.). An unusual feature of this block is that the brickwork remains exposed in the internal common areas.
The Green The Green, 19 Rochester Terrace, N.W.1 (1958). Block of six bed-sits on three storeys. Camden council now owns the leasehold interest in one of the flats, but the freehold is owned on behalf of four other lessees by Day Flats Residents Limited.
Haywood Lodge Haywood Lodge, Hilldrop Crescent, N.7. 1963 block in the more modern style, with three flats on each storey and 12 garages to match the number of flats. A freestanding block built in the former grounds of its neighbour at the southern end of the Crescent famous for its association with Dr. Crippen.
Heather Lodge Heather Lodge, Heathland Road, N.16. A 1964 L-shaped block. Flats 1-8 face Heathland Road, but the other three entrances are on St. Kilda's Road, as is the entrance to the 11 garages underneath the first floor which accounts for the odd number (23) of flats. 5 are bed-sits and there are 9 1-bed and 2-bed flats.
Ivy Court Ivy Court, 20-21 Leighton Grove, N.W.5. A three storey block of six flats built in 1956, with a pitched roof. Six stores in the garden. Ash Court(q.v.) is next door; Leighton Crescent (q.v.) across the road. Both Ash Court and Ivy Court are joined to the terrace of houses in Leighton Grove, but not to each other: an alley to Torriano Avenue separates them.
The Leys The Leys, 33 Rochester Road, N.W.1 (opposite The Green). Four flats, one above another, in the L.B. Camden, b.1957
The Limes The Limes, 35 (formerly 15) Highbury Grove, N.5. A four storey block built in 1957, with a pitched roof, the block is distinctive in its lime green panels below the windows, which may explain its name. For renumbering, see Ashurst.
The Poplars The Poplars, 1 (formerly adjacent to) Montpelier Road, N.W.5. This four storey, 4-flat block is close to the Camden/Islington boundary, and was built in 1960. The former address suggests that it replaced a generous garden area rather than a bomb damaged property.
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