Welcome to Corringham

 
 

References

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This website was made with CoffeeCup Free HTML Editor and with the free image and photo editing software Paint.net. The image viewer is courtesy of Highslide JS. Thanks to the software developers for these excellent tools.

The page title and text headings are set in Microgramma D Medium Extended, the Corringham house font. It is used in the building's name signs, on the letter boxes and even in warning messages on the walls of the basement car park.

The extensive resources available at the City of London, London Metropolitan Archives (city of London, LMA), the Land Registry (LR), Westminster Councy Council (WCC) and the City of Westminster Archives Centre (WAC) were extremely useful in making this website.

 

Photos

All photos of Corringham as it is today were made by Andrew Buckley, Niels Lous and Alan Hay in 2005 and 2006. Niels Lous also made the maps. The sources of the remaining images are listed below. The location where each original image was found is mentioned as a link between square brackets.

Documents

What follows is a list of all documents, maps, articles and books that provided information for this website. As not all of them have identifiable authors and some do not have clear titles, they are ordered by publication date - which may be slightly inconvenient, but is consistent at least. The location where each document can be found is given as a link between square brackets.

Kenneth Frampton (click for larger image)
Photo by:
Dorothy Alexander
[Dorothy Alexander]

Diagram of the scissor design (click for larger image)
Diagram from:
Douglas Stephen & Partners, "Maisonettes in Bayswater, London", Architectural Design, September 1964, pp.442-448
[English Heritage]

Corringham in 1964 (click for larger image)
The front of Corringham in 1964 (click for larger image)  The back of Corringham in 1964 (click for larger image)
Photos from:
Douglas Stephen, Kenneth Frampton and Michal Carapetian: British Buildings, 1960 - 1964, London, Adam & Charles Black, 1965, pp.80-85
[English Heritage]

First plan - front elevation (click for larger image)First plan - cross section (click for larger image)Second plan - front elevation (click for larger image)Second plan - cross section (click for larger image)Modified second plan - cross section (click for larger image)
Second plan - North elevation (click for larger image)Third plan - cross section (click for larger image)
Plans from:
Douglas Stephen & Partners:
Plans CHG A10 / C10 / C10A / C17:
13-16 Craven Hill Gardens
1960 - 1962, City of London,
London Metropolitan Archives,
ref. GLC / AR / BR / 12 / ES / 000827
[City of London, LMA]

Architectural Design cover, September 1964 (click for larger image)
Cover of "Architectural Design",
September 1964
[Sir John Soane's Museum, London]

Conservation areas in Westminster (click for larger image)
Map from:
[Westminster Council]

Scissor design diagram (Druce 1972) (click for larger image)
Diagram from:
Druce & Co marketing brochure, 1972
(presumably originating from Douglas Stephen & Partners, 1961)

An up-going one-bedroom flat (click for larger image)A down-going one-bedroom flat (click for larger image)
An up-going two-bedroom flat (click for larger image)A down-going two-bedroom flat (click for larger image)
Cross-sections and floor plans from:
Edward Erdman marketing brochure, 1964
(presumably originating from Douglas Stephen & Partners, 1961)
[English Heritage]

Early garden plan by Tony and Lyla Harling (click for larger image)
Diagram by:
Tony and Lyla Harling,
2001

The front of the Uffington Hotel in 1932 (click for larger image)
Photo reference:
"14-16 Craven Hill Gardens Front",
City of London,
London Metropolitan Archives,
photo nr A 9285, class 87.0 CRA,
October 1932
[City of London, LMA]

The back of the Uffington Hotel in 1932 (click for larger image)
Photo reference:
"14-16 Craven Hill Gardens Rear",
City of London,
London Metropolitan Archives,
photo nr A 9286, class 87.0 CRA,
November 1932
[City of London, LMA]

Uffington Hotel advert (The Times 1936) (click for larger image)
Advert from:
The Times, issue 47524,
November 5th 1936, p.2 col.C
[The Times Online Archives]

Maquette of Hector House / Corringham (click for larger image)
Photo from:
Edward Erdman marketing brochure, 1964
(presumably originating from Douglas Stephen & Partners, 1961)
[English Heritage]

Cover of Erdman's marketing brochure (1964) (click for larger image)
Drawing from:
Edward Erdman marketing brochure, 1964
(presumably originating from Douglas Stephen & Partners, 1961)
[English Heritage]

Advert for Hector House / Corringham flats (The Times, 1964) (click for larger image)
Advert from:
The Times, issue 56011,
May 14th 1964, p.27 col.B
[The Times Online Archives]

Cover of Druce's brochure (1972) (click for larger image)
Drawing from:
Druce & Co marketing brochure, 1972

Corringham (in yellow circle) with Hyde park in the background (click for larger image)
Aerial photo from:
BBC website
[BBC]

Isaac Tirion, "Kaart van Londen enz. en van het Naby Gelegen Land", 1754
[British Library Online]

George Cruchley: "Cruchley's New Plan of London and its Environments", 1829
[City of London, London Metropolitan Archives]

B.R. Davies: "Survey of the Borough of St.Mary-le-Bone", 1834
[Wikipedia]

James Wyld: "An Atlas of London and its Environments", 1848
[City of London, London Metropolitan Archives]

Article about auctioning of 13 Corringham, The Times, issue 24237, May 5th 1862, p.16 col.A
[The Times Online Archives]

Article about auctioning of 16 Corringham, The Times, issue 28536, June 8th 1875, p.15 col.B
[The Times Online Archives]

Architect's plans for conversion of 14-15 Craven Hill Gardens to a private hotel, case nr 88748, London County Council Architects' Department, August 1919
[City of London, London Metropolitan Archives]

"Bomb Damage Map", London County Council, 1946
[City of London, London Metropolitan Archives]

"Requisitioned hotels unwanted", The Times, issue 51872, December 12th 1950, p.2 col.B
[The Times Online Archives]

Planning permission for the continued use of 13-16 Craven Hill Gardens as a hostel, London County Council Architects' Department , approved July 30th 1951
[Westminster Council]

Architect's plans for conversion of 14-15 Craven Hill Gardens to a private hotel, London County Council Architects' Department, plan nr 30711, March 1952
[City of London, London Metropolitan Archives]

Plans by Oswald E. Parrotts for conversion of GP waiting room and consulting room to hotel rooms, London County Council Architects' Department, plan nr 4950, June 1953
[City of London, London Metropolitan Archives]

"Church sells land for £1 million", unknown newspaper, 1957
[City of Westminster Archives Centre]

Planning permission for the erection of a six-storey block of flats on the site of 13-16 Craven Hill Gardens, London County Council Architects' Department, approved November 14th 1960
[Westminster Council]

Douglas Stephen & Partners: Plan CHG A10 for 13-16 Craven Hill Gardens, November 11th 1960, City of London, London Metropolitan Archives, ref. GLC / AR / BR / 12 / ES / 000827
[City of London, London Metropolitan Archives]

Douglas Stephen & Partners: Plans CHG C10 / 10A for 13-16 Craven Hill Gardens, March 15th 1961, City of London, London Metropolitan Archives, ref. GLC / AR / BR / 12 / ES / 000827
[City of London, London Metropolitan Archives]

Planning permission for the erection of an eight-storey block of flats on the site of 13-16 Craven Hill Gardens, London County Council Architects' Department, approved June 9th 1961
[Westminster Council]

Agreement between (freeholder), (property developer) and (guarantor), number LN202638, Land Registry, June 20th 1961
[Land Registry]

"Demolition work has started on 13-16 Craven Hill Gardens", in Property News, The Paddington Magazine Vol.2 nr.8, August 1961, p.10
[City of Westminster Archives Centre]

Planning permission for the erection of an eight-storey block of flats on the site of 13-16 Craven Hill Gardens, amended, London County Council Architects' Department, approved June 20th 1962
[Westminster Council]

Douglas Stephen & Partners: Plans CHG 11-18 / 21 for 13-16 Craven Hill Gardens, April 24th 1961, City of London, London Metropolitan Archives, ref. GLC / AR / BR / 12 / ES / 000827
[City of London, London Metropolitan Archives]

"M.P. to sell Queen Anne House in Westminster", The Times, issue 55566, December 5th 1962, p.8 col.C
[The Times Online Archives]

F.H.W. Sheppard ed.: "Survey of London Volumes 31 and 32: The parish of St James Westminster Part 2", English Heritage Research Department (London) 1963, pp.196-208 ("Marshall Street Area")
[British History Online]

Approval of the use of rolled cast plate glass instead of asbestos panels as under-window panelling, London County Council Architects' Department, approved May 18th 1963
[Westminster Council]

Planning permission for the erection of an entrance canopy at 13-16 Craven Hill Gardens, London County Council Architects' Department, approved April 27th 1964
[Westminster Council]

Douglas Stephen & Partners, "Maisonettes in Bayswater, London", Architectural Design, September 1964, pp.442-448
[English Heritage]

Douglas Stephen, Kenneth Frampton and Michael Carapetian: British Buildings, 1960 - 1964, Adam & Charles Black (London) 1965, pp.80-85
[English Heritage]

Deed of 1972 between Malman Securities Limited and (other party), number LN202638 Land Registry, 1972
[Land Registry]

Frank N. McDonald: "A short history of Paddington - a series of articles first published in the Paddington Civil Defence Corps Newsletter 1957 - 1965", Westminster City Libraries (London) 1976, pp.78-80
[City of Westminster Archives Centre]

T.F.T. Baker ed.: "The Victoria History of the Counties of England. A History of the County of Middlesex Volume IX - Hampstead an Paddington Parishes", The University of London Institute of Historical Research, Oxford University Press (Oxford) 1989, pp.204-212 and 226-233
[British History Online]

Nikolaus Pevsner, Bridget Cherry: The buildings of England: London 3: North West, Penguin Books (London) 1991
[Paddington Library]

Letter to Kenneth Frampton asking for information about Corringham, English Heritage, March 4th 1991
[English Heritage]

Memo about Corringham's architecture, English Heritage, July 1991
[English Heritage]

Letter to Kenneth Frampton thanking for information, English Heritage, September 3rd 1991
[English Heritage]

Kenneth Frampton: Thank-you letter to English Heritage, Columbia University, September 19th 1991
[English Heritage]

"Conservation Areas: A Guide for Property Owners", Westminster Council, Department of Planning and City Development, Development Planning Services, February 1992
[Westminster Council]

"The Listing of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: a Guide for Owners or Occupiers of Listed Buildings", Westminster Council Department of Planning and City Development, Development Planning Services, February 1996
[Westminster Council]

"Supplementary Planning Guidance: Development and Demolition in Conservation Areas", Westminster Council, Department of Planning and City Development, Development Planning Services, April 1996
[Westminster Council]

"Supplementary Planning Guidance: Repairs and Alterations to Listed Buildings", Westminster Council, Department of Planning and City Development, Development Planning Services, April 1996
[Westminster Council]

Letter to Westminster Council about Corringham window replacement, Corringham Residents' Association, March 14th 1996
[English Heritage]

Letter to Corringham Residents' Association about Corringham window replacement, Westminster Council, March 21st 1996
[English Heritage]

Letter to English Heritage about Corringham window replacement, Westminster Council, March 21st 1996
[English Heritage]

Corringham Listing Recommendation, English Heritage, May 1996
[English Heritage]

Corringham Listing Documentation and Schedule, Department for Culture Media and Sport, January 21st 1998
[English Heritage]

"London Plan 1:8000", Michelin Travel Publications, April 2000

Jack Whitehead: "The growth of St.Marylebone and Paddington", Jack Whitehead (London) 2001
[Paddington Library]

Stan Allen, Hal Foster: "A conversation with Kenneth Frampton", October Magazine Vol.106 Nr.1, September 2003, pp.35-38
[MIT Press Journals]

"Bayswater Conservation Area: General Information Leaflet", Westminster Council, Department of Planning and City Development, Development Planning Services, October 2004
[Westminster Council]

unknown ed.: "The Victoria History of the Counties of England. A History of the County of Middlesex Volume XIII - Westminster: Church of St Clement Danes", The University of London Institute of Historical Research, online draft
[British History Online]

John Wittich, James Dowsing: Guide to Bayswater; Upstairs and Downstairs, Sunrise Press (Exeter, Devon) 2002
[Paddington Library]

Land Register Extract and Title Register, number LN202638, Land Registry, May 12th 2006
[Land Registry]

English Heritage website information
[English Heritage]

Westminster Council website information
[Westminster Council]

Genealogical information about the Craven family
[thePeerage.com]

Kenneth Frampton biography, Columbia University, 2006
[Columbia University]

Kenneth Frampton biography, Auburn University School of Architecture, 2006
[Auburn University School of Architecture]

Kenneth Frampton biography, Archinform, 2006
[Archinform]

Kenneth Frampton biography, Wikipedia Encyclopedia, 2006
[Wikipedia]

"Ask the Expert", DAE Technical Bulletin, National Energy Services Ltd, April 2009, pp.4-5
[National Energy Services Ltd, now SAVA]

"Efficiency through Complexity", Delft Architectural Studies on Housing (DASH04), "The Residential Floor Plan - Standard and Ideal", 2011, pp.48-57
[DASH Magazine]

"Ally Capellino catalogue, Autumn and Winter 2014", 2014, p.22
[Ally Capellino website]

"Five Voices: On Kenneth Frampton", remeniscence about Kenneth Frampton by his friend and former colleague John Miller
[Sir John Soane's Museum, London]