Spa Green Estate, EC1R

Estate in/near Finsbury, existing between 1949 and now

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The Spa Green Estate is a post-war realisation of a 1930s plan for social regeneration through Modernist architecture.

The area of the estate had been designated for slum clearance and then partly demolished due to German bombing. Spa Green was built by the architect Berthold Lubetkin and received a Grade II* listing for its architectural significance. Lubetkin intended the project as a manifesto for modern architecture.

Political leaders in the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury worked with the radical architect Lubetkin and his practice Tecton. The nearby Finsbury Health Centre - built in 1938 - pointed forward to the future welfare state. Spa Green, first designed in 1938 and developed in 1943 was aimed to fulfil a utopian promise.

Minister of Health Aneurin Bevan laid the foundation stone in July 1946, and the opening ceremonies in 1949 included the planting of a plane tree by Princess Margaret.

Spa Green adopted many features including lifts, central heating, balconies, daylight and ventilation from multiple directions, large entry spaces, and a roof terrace.

Fitted kitchens included slide-away breakfast counters and ironing boards, electrical and gas appliances, and a central waste-disposal system in stainless steel.

Two parallel blocks of eight storeys (Tunbridge House and Wells House) have a central plaza. Sadler House runs in a curve between this plaza and the terrace houses of Rosebery Avenue.

Lubetkin’s design made sure that everyone had a balcony on the street side.

Conceived as public housing, it is now a mixed community of private owners and council tenants, run by a resident-elected management organization.




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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
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Spa Green Estate, EC1R The Spa Green Estate is a post-war realisation of a 1930s plan for social regeneration through Modernist architecture.

NEARBY STREETS
Abacus House, EC1R Abacus House can be found on Gloucester Way (Finsbury)
Agdon Street, EC1V Agdon Street was originally called Woods Close (Clerkenwell)
Albert House, WC1X Albert House is a block on King’s Cross Road (Finsbury)
Amwell Street, EC1R Amwell Street is called after the nearby New River, which starts at Amwell, Hertfordshire (Finsbury)
Angel Arcade, EC1V Angel Arcade is named, along with many ’Angel’ streets of the area, after the famous pub (Angel)
Angel Building, EC1V Angel Building is a block on St John Street (Angel)
Angel Corner House, N1 Angel Corner House is located on Islington High Street (Angel)
Angel Gate, EC1V Angel Gate is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Angel)
Angel House, N1 Angel House is a block on Pentonville Road (Angel)
Angel Mews, N1 Angel Mews is an ancient side street in Islington (Angel)
Angel Square, EC1V Angel Square is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Angel)
Angelis Apartments, N1 Angelis Apartments is located on Graham Street (Angel)
Archery Fields House, WC1X Archery Fields House on Wharton Street was named after the historic use of the land (Finsbury)
Arlington House, EC1R Arlington House is located on Arlington Way (Angel)
Arlington Way, EC1R Arlington Way was called Arlington Street before 1936 (Finsbury)
Ashby Street, EC1V Ashby Street was named after local landowners who had a seat at Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire (Finsbury)
Attneave Street, EC1R Attneave Street is thought to be named after a local builder in the 1890s called Attneave (Finsbury)
Baron Street, N1 Baron Street is named after Joseph Barron, landlord of the White Lion inn during the late eighteenth century (Angel)
Benyon House, EC1R Benyon House is sited on Myddelton Passage (Finsbury)
Berry Place, EC1V Berry Place and Berry Street were named after Thomas Berry, local early 19th century landowner (Finsbury)
Bethany House, WC1X Bethany House is a block on Lloyd Square (Finsbury)
Bevin Court, WC1X Bevin Court is a modernist housing project designed in the post-war period by the Tecton architects (Pentonville)
Bevin Way, WC1X Bevin Way was called after prominent Labour politician Ernest Bevin (Pentonville)
Boreas Walk, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Angel)
Cable House, WC1X Cable House is a block on Great Percy Street (Finsbury)
Centenary Building, EC1R Centenary Building is a block on Spencer Street (Finsbury)
Chadwell Street, EC1R Chadwell Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Pentonville)
Charles Rowan House, EC1R Charles Rowan House is a building on Amwell Street (Finsbury)
Charles Rowan House, WC1X Charles Rowan House can be found on Margery Street (Finsbury)
Charles Townsend House, EC1R Charles Townsend House is a block on Finsbury Estate (Finsbury)
City Garden Row, N1 City Garden Row is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Angel)
City Walk Apartments, EC1V City Walk Apartments is sited on Seward Street (Clerkenwell)
Claremont Close, EC1R Claremont Close occupies a location that was initially developed in the 1820s as Claremont Mews, primarily serving Claremont Terrace and the northern side of Myddelton Square (Angel)
Claremont Square, N1 Claremont Square is a square and reservoir on Pentonville Road (Pentonville)
Claremont Street, EC1R A street within the N1 postcode (Angel)
College Building, EC1R College Building is a block on Northampton Square (Finsbury)
Comice Apartments, EC1V Comice Apartments is a building on Pear Tree Street (Clerkenwell)
Compton Street, EC1V Compton Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Coombs Street, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Angel)
Corporation Row, EC1R Corporation Row is a road in the EC1R postcode area (Finsbury)
Crayle House, EC1V Crayle House is sited on Cyrus Street (Clerkenwell)
Cruikshank Street, EC1R Cruickshank Street was named after George Cruikshank, 19th century illustrator who lived on nearby Amwell Street (Pentonville)
Cynthia Street, N1 Cynthia Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Pentonville)
Cyrus House, EC1V Cyrus House is located on Cyrus Street (Clerkenwell)
Cyrus Street, EC1V Cyrus Street is possibly after the Persian king of this name (Clerkenwell)
Dalby House, EC1V Dalby House is a block on City Road (Angel)
Davina House, EC1V Davina House is a block on Goswell Road (Clerkenwell)
Donegal Street, N1 Donegal Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Islington)
Drysdale Building, EC1R Drysdale Building can be found on Spencer Street (Finsbury)
Earnshaw House, EC1V Earnshaw House is a block on Percival Street (Finsbury)
Easton Street, WC1X Easton Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Edward House, EC1V Edward House is a block on Wakley Street (Angel)
Elia Mews, EC1V Elia Mews is a road in the N1 postcode area (Angel)
Elia Street, N1 Elia Street was named for local poet, Charles Lamb (Angel)
Exmouth House, EC1 Exmouth House is a block on Exmouth Market (Finsbury)
Exmouth House, EC1R Exmouth House is a block on Pine Street (Finsbury)
Exmouth Market, EC1R Exmouth Market, formerly Exmouth Street, is semi-pedestrianised - the location of an outdoor street market (Finsbury)
Falcon Court, N1 Falcon Court is a block on City Garden Row (Angel)
Fernsbury Street, WC1X Fernsbury Street is a turning off of Margery Street (Finsbury)
Friend Street, EC1V Friend Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Finsbury)
Gard Street, EC1V Gard Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Gensurco House, EC1 Gensurco House is a building on Exmouth Market (Finsbury)
Gloucester Building, EC1R Gloucester Building is a block on Whiskin Street (Finsbury)
Gloucester Way, EC1R Gloucester Way is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Goswell Place Building, EC1R Goswell Place Building is located on Ashby Street (Finsbury)
Goswell Place, EC1V Goswell Place lies off Goswell Street (Clerkenwell)
Goswell Road, EC1V Goswell Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Graham Street, N1 Graham Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Angel)
Granville Square, WC1X Granville Square is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)
Great Percy Street, WC1X Great Percy Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Green Man Tower, EC1V Green Man Tower can be found on Goswell Road (Angel)
Greenwood House, EC1R Greenwood House is a block on Rosebery Avenue (Finsbury)
Grimthorpe House, EC1V Grimthorpe House is a building on Agdon Street (Clerkenwell)
Gwynne House, WC1X Gwynne House is a block on Lloyd Baker Street (Finsbury)
Hall Street, EC1V Hall Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Angel)
Hardwick Street, EC1R Hardwick Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Harold Laski House, EC1V Harold Laski House is a block on Percival Street (Finsbury)
Haverstock Place, EC1V A street within the N1 postcode (Angel)
Haverstock Street, EC1V Haverstock Street is a road in the N1 postcode area (Angel)
Hermes Street, N1 Hermes Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Pentonville)
Hermit Street, EC1V Hermit Street links Friend Street with Rawstorne Street (Finsbury)
Hill House Apartments, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Pentonville)
Holford Street, WC1X Holford Mews, Holdford Place and Holford Street were all named after the Holford family, who worked on the New River scheme (Finsbury)
Holford Yard, WC1X Holford Yard is named after the Holford family, who worked on the New River scheme in the 18th century (Pentonville)
Hydra Building, EC1R Hydra Building is a block on Hardwick Street (Finsbury)
Inglebert Street, EC1R Inglebert Street is a road in the EC1R postcode area (Finsbury)
Islington High Street, N1 Islington High Street is part of the main road through Islington at Angel (Angel)
Jessop Court, N1 Jessop Court is a block on Graham Street (Angel)
Joseph Close, EC1R Joseph Close is a road in the N4 postcode area (Finsbury)
Joseph Trotter Close, EC1R Joseph Trotter Close is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
King Square, EC1V King Square is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Kingsway Place, EC1R Kingsway Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Leo Yard, EC1V Leo Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Liberty House, EC1V Liberty House can be found on St John Street (Clerkenwell)
Lloyd Baker Street, WC1X Lloyd Baker Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Lloyd House, WC1X Lloyd House is located on Lloyd Street (Finsbury)
Lloyd Square, WC1X Lloyd Square is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Lloyd Street, WC1X Lloyd Street is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)
Lloyds Row, EC1R Lloyds Row is a road in the EC1R postcode area (Finsbury)
Malta Street, EC1V This is a street in the EC1V postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Manningford Close, EC1V Manningford Close is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Angel)
Margery Street, WC1X Margery Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Masons Place, EC1V Masons Place is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Clerkenwell)
McBeath House, EC1V McBeath House is a block on Goswell Road (Angel)
Meredith Street, EC1R Meredith Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Merlin Street, EC1R Merlin Street runs west off Amwell Street (Finsbury)
Michael Cliffe House, EC1R Michael Cliffe House is a block on Gloucester Way (Finsbury)
Midway House, EC1V Midway House is a block on Spencer Street (Finsbury)
Moorgreen House, EC1V Moorgreen House is a block on Earlstoke Street (Finsbury)
Moreland Street, EC1V Moreland Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Angel)
Myddelton Building, EC1R Myddelton Building is located on Goswell Road (Clerkenwell)
Myddelton Passage, EC1R Myddelton Passage is an alleyway with an interesting story (Finsbury)
Myddelton Square, EC1R Myddelton Square is named after Sir Hugh Myddelton (1560–1631), the founder of the New River Company, who developed the square (Finsbury)
Myddelton Street, EC1R Myddelton Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Naoroji Street, WC1X Naoroji Street is one of the streets of London in the WC1X postal area (Finsbury)
Nelson Place, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Angel)
Nelson Terrace, EC1V Nelson Terrace is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Angel)
Newington Close, EC1R This is a street in the EC1R postcode area (Finsbury)
Noble House, N1 Noble House is sited on Islington High Street (Angel)
Northampton Road, EC1R Northampton Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Northampton Square, EC1V Northampton Square is a square between Finsbury and Clerkenwell, located between Goswell Road and St John Street (Finsbury)
Oakley Crescent, EC1V Oakley Crescent is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Angel)
Orchard Building, EC1V Orchard Building is a block on Pear Tree Street (Clerkenwell)
Owen Street, EC1V Owen Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Angel)
Owen’s Row, EC1V Owen’s Row is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Finsbury)
Paget Street, EC1V Paget Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Finsbury)
Paper Mill Buildings, EC1V A street within the N1 postcode (Angel)
Paramount Building, EC1V Paramount Building is a block on St John Street (Clerkenwell)
Parkes Building, EC1R Parkes Building is a building on Sebastian Street (Finsbury)
Partridge House, EC1V Partridge House is a block on Malta Street (Clerkenwell)
Patrick Coman House, EC1R Patrick Coman House is a block on Meredith Street (Finsbury)
Penton Grove, N1 The narrow loop of Penton Grove, now reduced to an L-shaped alley, was laid out on the site of one of the bowling greens belonging to Prospect House (Dobney’s). (Islington)
Penton House, N1 Penton House is a block on Hermes Street (Islington)
Penton Street, N1 Penton Street is a through-route leading on to the narrower Barnsbury Road which continues its line northwards into Islington (Islington)
Pentonville Road, N1 Pentonville Road connects Kings Cross and the Angel, Islington (Pentonville)
Percival Street, EC1V Percival Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Finsbury)
Peregrine House, EC1V Peregrine House is a block on Hall Street (Angel)
President House, EC1V President House is a block on King Square (Clerkenwell)
Prideaux House, WC1X Prideaux House can be found on Great Percy Street (Finsbury)
Prideaux Place, WC1X Prideaux Place is a road in the WC1X postcode area (Finsbury)
Prospect House, N1 Prospect House is a block on Donegal Street (Islington)
Quick Street Mews, N1 Quick Street Mews lies off Quick Street (Angel)
Quick Street, N1 Quick Street is named for the favourite comedian of King George III, John Quick (Angel)
Rawstorne Place, EC1V Rawstorne Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Finsbury)
Rawstorne Street, EC1V Rawstorne Street was named after a local 18th century bricklayer called Thomas Rawstorne (Finsbury)
Remington Road, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Angel)
Remington Street, EC1V Remington Street is a road in the N1 postcode area (Angel)
Riceyman House, WC1X Riceyman House is a block on Lloyd Baker Street (Finsbury)
River Street, EC1R River Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Rocliffe Street, N1 Rocliffe Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Angel)
Rosebery Avenue, EC1R Rosebery Avenue was opened by the 5th Earl of Rosebery (Finsbury)
Rosebery House, EC1R Residential block (Finsbury)
Rosebery Square, EC1R Rosebery Square is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Rosoman Place, EC1R Rosoman Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Rosoman Street, EC1R Rosoman Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Sadler House, EC1V Sadler House is a block on Rosebery Avenue (Finsbury)
Sanders House, WC1X Sanders House is a building on Great Percy Street (Finsbury)
Sans Works, EC1R Sans Works is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Seabrooke Place, N1 Seabrook Place once connected Angel Mews and White Lion Street (Angel)
Seatem House, EC1V Seatem House is a block on Moreland Street (Clerkenwell)
Sebastian House, EC1V Sebastian House is sited on Sebastian Street (Finsbury)
Sebastian Street, EC1V Sebastian Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Finsbury)
Sekforde Court, EC1R Sekforde Court is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Seward Street, EC1V Seward Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Sidney Grove, EC1V Sidney Grove is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Angel)
Skinner Street, EC1R Skinner Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Social Sciences Building, EC1R Social Sciences Building is a block on Myddleton Street (Finsbury)
Spafield Street, EC1R Spafield Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
Spencer Street, EC1V Spencer Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Finsbury)
Spring House, WC1X Spring House is a block on Margery Street (Finsbury)
St Helena House, WC1X St Helena House is a block on Margery Street (Finsbury)
St Helena Street, WC1X St Helena Street connects Naoroji Street and Fernsbury Street (Finsbury)
St John Street, EC1V The northern section of St John Street was confusingly, before the 20th century, named Saint John Street Road (Finsbury)
St Philip House, WC1X St Philip House is a building on Lloyd Baker Street (Finsbury)
Sudeley Street, N1 Sudeley Street is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Angel)
Tait Building, EC1R Tait Building is a block on Ashby Street (Finsbury)
Telfer House, EC1V Telfer House is a block on Lever Street (Clerkenwell)
The Laboratory Building, EC1R The Laboratory Building is a block on Rosebery Avenue (Finsbury)
The Market Building, EC1R The Market Building is sited on Rosebery Avenue (Finsbury)
Theseus Walk, N1 Theseus Walk is one of the streets of London in the N1 postal area (Angel)
Tompion House, EC1V Tompion House is located on Cyrus Street (Clerkenwell)
Tompion Street, EC1V Tompion Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Finsbury)
Torrens Street, EC1V Torrens Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Angel)
Tunbridge House, EC1R Tunbridge House is sited on St John Street (Finsbury)
Tunbridge House, EC1V Tunbridge House is a block on St John Street (Finsbury)
Turnpike House, EC1V Turnpike House is a building on King Square (Clerkenwell)
Tysoe Street, EC1R Tysoe Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Finsbury)
University Building, EC1R University Building is a block on Spencer Street (Finsbury)
Vincent Terrace, N1 A street within the N1 postcode (Angel)
Wakley Street, EC1V Wakley Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Angel)
Wells House, EC1R Wells House is a block on Lloyds Row (Finsbury)
White Lion Street, N1 White Lion Street is named after the former White Lion inn on Islington High Street (Angel)
Widford House, N1 Widford House is sited on Elia Mews (Angel)
Wilmington Square, EC1R Wilmington Square was built on land belonging to the Marquis of Northampton and named from his second title of Baron Wilmington. (Finsbury)
Worthington House, EC1R Worthington House is located on Myddelton Passage (Finsbury)
Wyclif House, EC1V Wyclif House is a block on St John Street (Finsbury)
Wyclif Street, EC1V Wyclif Street is a road in the EC1V postcode area (Finsbury)
Wynyatt Street, EC1V Wynyatt Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Finsbury)
Yardley Street, EC1R Yardley Street was built on land which belonged to the Marquis of Northampton - born at Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire (Finsbury)


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