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Marlow House

A Grade II Listed Building in Weavers, London

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5263 / 51°31'34"N

Longitude: -0.0758 / 0°4'32"W

OS Eastings: 533583

OS Northings: 182575

OS Grid: TQ335825

Mapcode National: GBR W7.31

Mapcode Global: VHGQT.MWTT

Plus Code: 9C3XGWGF+GM

Entry Name: Marlow House

Listing Date: 27 September 1973

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1065295

English Heritage Legacy ID: 205728

ID on this website: 101065295

Location: Shoreditch, Tower Hamlets, London, E2

County: London

District: Tower Hamlets

Electoral Ward/Division: Weavers

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Tower Hamlets

Traditional County: Middlesex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: St Leonard with S Michael, Shoreditch

Church of England Diocese: London

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Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 8 February 2022 to correct street name in the last paragraph of description and to reformat text to current standards.

TQ 3382
8/71

BOUNDARY ESTATE
ARNOLD CIRCUS E2
Marlow House

GV
II
1899. Red brick, glazed on ground floor, above, red brick with orange brick banding, increasing in width to top of building. Slate roof. Four storeys and dormers and one in gables (five and attic facing Arnold Circus). Five bays at ground floor level of which four sash windows are under segmental arches. Door with semi-circular arch, chequered tympanum and narrow flanking windows with pilasters. Canted oriels from first to third floor. Between oriels, recessed vertical panel with bipartite sash windows under segmental arches with double stucco keystones. Fourth floor, bays separated by brick pilasters, windows with semi-circular arches and stuccoed tympana. Large white stucco sill band separates one bay fifth floor. Bipartite sash window. Steep gable above. Facade to Calvert Avenue seventeen windows, three sets of gables. Ground floor has contemporary shop fronts set under a common cornice.

The Boundary Estate is an early LCC estate of advanced design for its period. It contains a variety of architectural details and its streets radiate from a central raised park in Arnold Circus. The entire estate forms a group. See the following streets; Arnold Circus E2, Boundary Street E2, Calvert Avenue E2, Camlet Street E2, Club Row E2, Hocker Street E2, Ligonier Street E2, Montclare Street E2, Naverre Street E2, Old Nichol Street E2, Palissy Street E2, Rochelle Street E2, Swanfield Street E2 and Virginia Street E2.

Listing NGR: TQ3356882581

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