Totterdown Fields was the first
London County Council cottage estate built between 1901 and 1911 It contained 1244 individual houses built over . The estate was designated a
conservation area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewoo ...
, on 19 September 1978.
Context
It was the first
London County Council cottage estate built between 1901 and 1911 in
Wandsworth
Wandsworth Town () is a district of south London, within the London Borough of Wandsworth southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.
Toponymy
Wandsworth takes its name ...
. The estate contains 1,244 individual houses built over . It 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 wh ...
'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 Green belt, greenbelts. These Garden Cities would contain proportionate areas of residences, i ...
and the
Arts and Crafts
The Arts and Crafts movement was an international trend in the Decorative arts, decorative and fine arts that developed earliest and most fully in the British Isles and subsequently spread across the British Empire and to the rest of Europe and ...
movement. The principal architect was
Ernest Stone Collins.
Gallery
File:16 Ruislip Street Tooting London SW17 8PD.jpg, A terrace of four houses in Ruislip Street
File:Lessingham Avenue, Tooting.jpg, Two semi-detached houses in Lessingham Avenue
File:Totterdown Estate green plaque - 16 Ruislip Street Tooting London SW17 8PD.jpg, Plaque in Ruislip Street
See also
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Boundary Estate
References
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External links
Housing estates in the London Borough of Wandsworth