4 Alexandra Street

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The Alexandra Road estate (officially the Alexandra and Ainsworth estate, but often referred to as Rowley Way, the name of its main thoroughfare) is a housing estate in the London Borough of Camden, North London, England. It was designed in a brutalist style in 1968 by Neave Brown of Camden Council's Architects Department. Construction work commenced in 1972 and was completed in 1978. It is constructed from site-cast, board-marked white, unpainted reinforced concrete. Along with 520 apartments, the site also includes a school, community centre, youth club, heating complex, and parkland.

The lower four-storey building along Rowley Way contains maisonettes with shared access, terraces, and gardens overlooking the park at the rear. Maisonettes also occupy the top two levels of the larger eight-storey building opposite, with entrance from a walkway on the 7th floor that runs the entire length of the structure. Dwellings in the lower floor in this block are entered from open stairs serving two dwellings per floor. The flat roofs of the stepped elevation provides private outdoor areas for every home. Garage parking is located beneath the building, and underneath the building at the rear alongside the railway tracks.

Since the early 1950s, tower blocks surrounded by public open space had been the method of choice for councils to replace terraced housing in poor condition while keeping the same high population density. However, by the mid-1960s, even before the collapse of Ronan Point, the shortcomings of that method were becoming apparent. Neave Brown believed that ziggurat style terraces, little higher than the terraces they replaced, could provide a better solution. Vehicular traffic could be restricted to basement level. Family-sized flats, bright and airy due to the set-back upper floors, could open, via their own "defensible" front garden, onto ground floor streets/play areas, whilst the higher levels could be used for smaller flats, each with a private balcony.[3]

The Alexandra Road Estate may be seen as Brown's culminating, and largest scale, effort to apply these principles to the design of high-density public housing. Five houses on Winscombe Street, built in 1967, were his first experiment with the terrace type. The Fleet Road project, begun about the same time and consisting of 71 houses, a shop, and a studio, arranged in parallel terraced rows, was a further application of the idea.

The estate received much criticism during and after its construction because of its very high cost (particularly compared with tower blocks), caused by the complicated nature of its construction, unforeseen foundation problems, and the delays caused by those at a time of very high inflation, reaching 20% per year at one point in the 1970s. In 1978 a Public Inquiry was launched by the Labour-run council to investigate the reasons for overshooting the budget and timetable.

The outcome of the Inquiry published in seven reports mainly made "the apparent failure of the councillors to understand the contractual obligations that they had undertaken"[6] responsible for the mismanagement and was not successful in blaming the architect as had been hoped by some. Despite there being no findings of a mismanagement on his part, however, being the subject of a Public Inquiry destroyed Neave Brown's reputation in the UK where he never built again.[7][8]

The estate has suffered less vandalism than many Camden estates, and it was granted Grade II* listed status on 18 August 1993, the first post-war council housing estate to be listed.[9] It was described by Peter Brooke, then Heritage Secretary, as "one of the most distinguished groups of buildings in England since the Second World War."[citation needed]

After a continuing career including international town planning and post-graduate teaching, Brown retrained as a fine artist, to which occupation he devoted his retirement.[3][10] In October 2017, Brown won the Royal Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects.[11][12] Brown died, aged 88, in January 2018.

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Life in Yonkers, New York, means having the best of all worlds. Boasting a timeless, riverfront charm within easy reach of Manhattan (across the street from the Yonkers Metro North Station and just 30 minutes by express train to Grand Central), living at Alexander Crossing means being close to everything there is to see and do in Westchester County. Enjoy all that Downtown Yonkers has to offer: grab a bite or a brew at X20, Dolphin Restaurant or Yonkers Brewing Co.,, attend Riverfest or one of the many other riverfront special events, stroll along the Hudson river greenway or paddle a Kayak on the Hudson. However you decide to spend your time, Alexander Crossing puts you in the center of it all.

Burton Latimer is a very popular town. With great local primary and secondary schools, it is the perfect place the raise a family. This property is nestled away in the heart of the town and just a short stroll from the high street where you can find all of the usual amenities. The property is close to both Kettering and Wellingborough train stations where you can be in the centre of London in less than 50 minutes. The town is also situated with easy access to road links, allowing you to reach both Cambridge and Leicester by car in under an hour.

This building started life as a shoe factory and was owner by William Harris until it was badly damaged by a fire in 1898. It continued to manufacture shoes until 1910. The property has been very tastefully converted into a splendid family home with high end luxury finish for example, hand crafted steel staircase and replica windows throughout. There is a 23 ft kitchen/family room and the most impressive 31 ft lounge with exposed beams and views over the town. There is a Megaflow water cylinder fitted which ensures good water pressure throughout the property. The boiler was installed in 2022 it is a Worcester Greenstar 8000 life (A rated), giving the property an impressive EPC rating of C. New PVC water lines have also been laid to the property.

Upon entering the property, you are greeted with a large entrance hallway. There is a guest cloakroom leading off from this space. The kitchen/family room is a vast space. There are a number of windows and two sets of bi-folding doors leading onto the garden. You will find slate tiling to the floor and a high quality kitchen with granite worksurfaces. There are integrated SMEG appliances; a fridge and a panel of two conventional ovens, a steam oven and a microwave. The kitchen island houses more storage along with an under counter dishwasher (new in 2023) and a six burner gas hob below a ceiling extractor. There is a separate utility room which has more storage and houses the washing machine, tumble dryer and a fridge freezer.

On the first floor there are four bedrooms and a very well appointed family bathroom. The master bedroom comes complete with its own ensuite bathroom and plenty of built in wardrobes. Bedroom one has an ensuite bathroom. One of the bedrooms on this level also benefits from its own mezzanine level giving you extra space.

On the second level there are a further two bedrooms (currently being used as home office spaces), and access to an attic space The sitting room has high vaulted ceilings with exposed beams and a number of large windows allowing in plenty of natural light. Outside the property there is a gated front entrance and another set of gates leading to driveway parking for multiple vehicles.

To the rear there is a delightfully private walled garden that is currently split into two sections. One section is mostly laid to lawn and the other has raised beds for growing vegetables and patio areas for entertaining.

This super family home is a mix of contemporary and industrial yet still manages to feel like a very comfortable family home.

Property Information

Property construction: standard construction

Electricity, gas, water + sewerage: mains services

Heating: mains gas, installed January 2022, last serviced March 2024.

Broadband: standard + superfast broadband available, we advise you speak with your provider.

Mobile signal: 4G & 5G available, we advise you to speak with your provider.

Parking: Driveway for 3 cars

Council Tax: F (Kettering)

Special notes: There are rights detailed on the title, please ask our agent for more information.

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