Norbury Estate on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
The Norbury Estate originated as a London County Council cottage estate constructed between 1901 and 1920 at
The Norbury Estate originated as a London County Council cottage estate constructed between 1901 and 1920 at Norbury
Norbury is an area of south London. It shares the postcode London SW16 with neighbouring Streatham. Norbury is south of Charing Cross.
Etymology
The name Norbury derives from ''North Burh'', (North Borough). Some local histories note that ...
in what is now the north of the London Borough of Croydon
The London Borough of Croydon () is a London borough in south London, part of Outer London. It covers an area of . It is the southernmost borough of London. At its centre is the historic town of Croydon from which the borough takes its name; ...
. It was declared a conservation area in 2008.
The site was a former brickfield, and the clay recovered was fired to make bricks for this estate and Totterdown Fields.
The estate was influenced by Ebenezer Howard
Sir Ebenezer Howard (29 January 1850 – 1 May 1928) was an English urban planner and founder of the garden city movement, known for his publication ''To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform'' (1898), the description of a utopian city in whic ...
's Garden city movement
The garden city movement was a 20th century urban planning movement promoting satellite communities surrounding the central city and separated with greenbelts. These Garden Cities would contain proportionate areas of residences, industry, and ...
and the Arts and Crafts
A handicraft, sometimes more precisely expressed as artisanal handicraft or handmade, is any of a wide variety of types of work where useful and decorative objects are made completely by one’s hand or by using only simple, non-automated re ...
movement, with high quality external detailing and an open setting with privet hedges, front gardens and wide grass verges.
Design
Location
The estate is in theLondon Borough of Croydon
The London Borough of Croydon () is a London borough in south London, part of Outer London. It covers an area of . It is the southernmost borough of London. At its centre is the historic town of Croydon from which the borough takes its name; ...
, just west of the A23 and south of Norbury Station
Norbury railway station is a National Rail station in the Norbury area of the London Borough of Croydon in south London. It is on the Brighton Main Line, down the line from . The station is operated by Southern, which also provides all train ...
. It is bounded by Palmers Road, Darcy Road, Northborough Road and Tylecroft Road.
See also
Old Oak and Wormholt
The Old Oak and Wormholt estates are London County Council cottage estates constructed between 1912 and 1928. They were declared a conservation area in May 1980. The two estates were influenced by Ebenezer Howard's Garden city movement and the Ar ...
References
;Notes ;Bibliography *External links
{{coord, 51.406722, -0.130664, display=title Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Croydon