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Chrisp Street Market Clock Tower is a
Chrisp Street Market Clock Tower is a Grade II listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
landmark located in Market Square, Chrisp Street, Poplar. It was designed by the architect Frederick Gibberd
Sir Frederick Ernest Gibberd (7 January 1908 – 9 January 1984) was an English architect, town planner and landscape designer. He is particularly known for his work in Harlow, Essex, and for the BISF house, a design for a prefabricated council ...
as part of the Lansbury Estate for the Festival of Britain, 1951. The clock tower is an example of early post-war architecture, and an aesthetic that became known as the "Festival Style".
History
The clock tower was designed in 1949 by Frederick Gibberd as part of his plans forChrisp Street Market
Chrisp Street Market is the central marketplace and town centre of Poplar and is located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It was the first purpose-built pedestrian shopping area in the United Kingdom, rebuilt as part of the 1951 Festiva ...
, a pedestrianised shopping area that would form the commercial centre of the new Lansbury Estate. The estate was a landmark project in post-war urban renewal, and formed part of the Live Architecture Exhibition at the Festival of Britain, 1951.
However budgetary cuts and time constraints in the run-up to the festival meant that construction on the Lansbury Estate was behind schedule, and the clock tower was built in 1952.
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* Poplar, London Clock towers in the United Kingdom Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Towers completed in 1952 {{London-struct-stub