Ampthill Square Estate, NW1

The Ampthill Square Estate was originally composed of eight 6-storey blocks on its east side and three distinctive 21-storey high rises on the west side. In total, the estate had 366 flats and maisonettes, 240 of which are in the towers.

The site was formerly known as Fig Mead, developed as a garden suburb by the Duke of Bedford in the nineteenth century. The estate took names from Ampthill, the Bedfordshire town where the Dukes of Bedford owned Houghton House. Half of Ampthill Square itself was bought by the London and Birmingham Railway for its tracks into Euston station. While Ampthill Square itself previously had two bridges that crossed the railways into Euston, the rebuilt estate is separated from the western side of the railway.





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