Spelman House was built in 1939 for the London County Council on land that had been acquired but not used for extension of Chicksand Street School. Along with Chicksand House, diagonally opposite (in Mile End New Town), it formed the first part of the Chicksand Estate. These stock-brick balcony-access five- storey walk-up blocks are of a type established by the LCC in 1934 and widely built. The L-plan Spelman House has thirty-three flats, the U-plan Chicksand House seventy. The builder was A. T. Rowley of Tottenham.1
District Surveyors Returns: London County Council Minutes, 20 Dec. 1938, p. 657; 14 Feb and 7 March 1939, pp. 88, 194–5 ↩
I lived in Spelman House from October 2016 to April 2017. The area around Brick Lane is incredibly lively and multicultural. The buildings around have human scale and there is an enjoyable transition between the confusion of Liverpool Street Station and the peaceful atmosphere of the neighbourhood. From my flat I had an amazing view of the skyscrapers of London.
View to Spelman House along Chicksand Street from the north-east, April 2017
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Spelman House from the north-east in April 2017
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Spelman House from the south-west in April 2017
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Spelman House from the south in April 2017
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A room with a view
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Looking at the Davis Estate
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A room with a view
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Spelman House view to the Davis estate
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Spelman House at night
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