Welcome to Corringham
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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 letterboxes, 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 County 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.
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.
Photo reference:
"14-16 Craven Hill Gardens",
City of London,
London Metropolitan Archives,
photos nr A 9285/6,
class 87.0 CRA,
November 1932
[City of London, LMA]
Advert from: The Times, issue 47524, 5 November 1936, p.2 col.C [The Times Online Archives]
Photo by:
Dorothy Alexander
Westside scissor section by A.W. Cleeve Barr,
"Housing in the 1960s", RIBA Journal, April 1962,
pp.147-149, from:
[Local History website]
Diagram of Le Corbusier's "overlapping" maisonettes
by Alberto González from:
[Wikipedia]
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]
Corringham maquette photographed by Thomas Simmons
[DSP Architecture archive]
Photos (by Sam Lambert), diagram, and magazine cover (by Kenneth Frampton) from: Douglas Stephen & Partners, "Maisonettes in Bayswater, London", Architectural Design, September 1964, pp.442-448
Photo (by Sam Lambert) and slides (by Douglas Stephen &
Partners) from:
DSP Architecture archive
[DSP Architecture]
Photos (by Sam Lambert) from: Douglas Stephen, Kenneth Frampton and Michal Carapetian: British Buildings, 1960 – 1964, Adam & Charles Black (London), 1965, pp.80-85
Advert from: The Times, issue 56011, 14 May 1964, p.27 col.B [The Times Online Archives]
Cross-sections and floor plans from:
Edward Erdman marketing brochure, 1964
(presumably originating from Douglas Stephen & Partners,
1964), DSP Architecture archive
[DSP Architecture]
Cover of brochure and diagram from: Druce & Co marketing brochure, 1972
Map from:
[Westminster Council]
Diagram by:
Tony and Lyla Harling,
2001
Screenshot from:
"A Very English Scandal", part 3 (56:27), BBC, 2018
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, 5 May 1862, p.16 col.A
[The Times Online Archives]
Article about auctioning of 16 Corringham, The Times,
issue 28536, 8 June 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,
12 December 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 30 July 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 14 November 1960
[Westminster Council]
Douglas Stephen & Partners: Plan CHG A10 for 13-16
Craven Hill Gardens, 11 November 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, 15 March 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
9 June 1961
[Westminster Council]
Agreement between (freeholder), (property developer) and
(guarantor), number LN202638, Land Registry, 20 June
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 20 June 1962
[Westminster Council]
Douglas Stephen & Partners: Plans CHG 11-18 / 21
for 13-16 Craven Hill Gardens, 24 April 1961, City of
London, London Metropolitan Archives, ref. GLC / AR /
BR / 12 / ES / 000827
[City of London, London Metropolitan Archives]
London County Council, "London's 'scissors' maisonettes", The Architects' Journal, Nr 9, January 1962, pp.453-460
A.W. Cleeve Barr, "Housing in the 1960s", RIBA Journal, April 1962, pp.147-149
"M.P. to sell Queen Anne House in Westminster", The Times,
issue 55566, 5 December 1962, p.8 col.C
[The Times Online Archives]
Douglas Stephen & Partners: "Housing, Paddington", Architectural Review, January 1963, pp.88-89
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 18 May 1963
[Westminster Council]
Planning permission for the erection of an entrance
canopy at 13-16 Craven Hill Gardens, London County
Council Architects' Department, approved 27 April
1964
[Westminster Council]
Edward Erdman & Co: Marketing brochure for apartments at
Corringham, 1964 (with plans and diagrams originating from
Douglas Stephen & Partners)
[DSP Architecture archive]
Douglas Stephen & Partners, "Maisonettes in Bayswater, London", Architectural Design, September 1964, pp.442-448
Douglas Stephen, Kenneth Frampton, and Michael Carapetian: British Buildings, 1960 – 1964, Adam & Charles Black (London) 1965, pp.80-85
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]
Robert Maxwell, "Last of the great purists", RIBA Journal, November 1980, pp.38-39
T.F.T. Baker ed.: "The Victoria History of the Counties
of England. A History of the County of Middlesex Volume
IX – Hampstead and 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
Letter to Kenneth Frampton asking for
information about Corringham, English Heritage, 4 March
1991
[English Heritage]
Memo about Corringham's architecture, English Heritage,
July 1991
[English Heritage]
Letter to Kenneth Frampton thanking him for information,
English Heritage, 3 September 1991
[English Heritage]
Kenneth Frampton: Thank-you letter to English Heritage,
Columbia University, 19 September 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,
14 March 1996
[English Heritage]
Letter to Corringham Residents' Association about
Corringham window replacement, Westminster Council,
21 March 1996
[English Heritage]
Letter to English Heritage about Corringham window
replacement, Westminster Council, 21 March 1996
[English Heritage]
Corringham Listing Recommendation, English Heritage,
May 1996
[English Heritage]
Corringham Listing Documentation and Schedule,
Department for Culture Media and Sport,
21 January 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
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
Land Register Extract and Title Register, number
LN202638, Land Registry, 12 May 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,
retrieved 2006
[Columbia University]
Kenneth Frampton biography, Auburn University School
of Architecture, retrieved 2006
[Auburn University School of Architecture]
Kenneth Frampton biography, Archinform, retrieved 2006
[Archinform]
Kenneth Frampton biography, Wikipedia, retrieved 2006
[Wikipedia]
"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]
Tom Avermaete, Véronique Patteeuw, Léa-Catherine Szacka, Hans Teerds: "A Conversation with Kenneth Frampton, New York, 6 April 2018", OASE Journal for Architecture, #103, pp.142-154
"Five Voices: On Kenneth Frampton", a remeniscence about
Kenneth Frampton by his friend and former colleague
John Miller, 2019
[Sir John Soane's Museum, London]
Veronique Boone, Gregorio Carboni Maestri, "The Corb Legacy. A Conversation with Kenneth Frampton", LC. Revue de Recherches sur Le Corbusier", Nr 4, September 2021, pp. 132-148
Charles Saumarez Smith, "The Corringham (2)", blog post dated 27 October 2022 [Charles Saumarez Smith website]
Jack Whitehead, "Scissors Flats in Broadley Street", Local History website, retrieved 26 December 2024 [Local History website]
"RIBA Celebrates Disability History Month 2024", knowledge base article dated 9 December 2024 [RIBA website]
"About us", DSP Architecture website, retrieved 15 December 2024 [DSP Architecture website]
Kenneth Frampton biography, Wikipedia, retrieved 10 January
2024
[Wikipedia]
Le Corbusier biography, Wikipedia, retrieved 27 December 2024
[Wikipedia]