Blossom Street Appendix J – Built Heritage Replacement Environmental Statement Volume III Blossom Street Appendix J1 – Heritage Assessment Environmental Statement Volume III Blossom Street, E1: Heritage Assessment Volume 1 Blossom Street, E1 Contents 1 Introduction ............................................................................... 4 The site ......................................................................................... 4 Heritage Assessment The Existing Building Heritage Analysis ........................................... 4 Contributors ................................................................................. 4 2 The site and its development ..................................................... 7 Introduction ................................................................................. 7 The history of the site .................................................................... 7 Overview ...................................................................................... 7 Summary ................................................................................... 24 The buildings of the Blossom Street site ...................................... 26 Nos. 13-20 Norton Folgate and nos. 1-2 Shoreditch High Street ... 26 No. 13 Norton Folgate ................................................................ 27 No. 14 Norton Folgate ................................................................ 27 No. 15 Norton Folgate ................................................................ 28 Nos. 16-19 Norton Folgate ......................................................... 30 No. 20 Norton Folgate ................................................................ 30 No. 2 Shoreditch High Street ....................................................... 31 Nos. 3-9 Shoreditch High Street ................................................... 31 Folgate Street ............................................................................. 32 Nos. 5-11a Folgate Street ............................................................ 32 Nos. 16 and 17 Blossom Street .................................................... 32 Nos. 12-15 Blossom Street .......... 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Blossom Street Warehouse (north end of Blossom Street) ............. 34 1927 Warehouse and Stables ...................................................... 34 Nos. 4-8 Elder Street ................................................................... 34 No. 2 Elder Street and passageway to the north .......................... 35 No. 161 Commercial Street ......................................................... 35 No. 10 Blossom Street ................................................................. 35 Loom Court, nos. 2-3 Fleur De Lis Street and 14-22 Elder Street .... 36 The Elder Street Conservation Area ............................................. 36 December 2014 3 The heritage significance of the site and its context ................. 39 Introduction ............................................................................... 39 Designations ............................................................................... 39 The Elder Street Conservation Area .............................................. 39 Statutorily listed buildings ........................................................... 40 Page 1 Blossom Street, E1: Heritage Assessment Blossom Street, E1: Heritage Assessment Volume 1 Volume 1 Locally listed buildings ................................................................ 40 Other designations ..................................................................... 42 The relevant heritage assets ........................................................ 42 Setting ........................................... 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Assessing heritage significance ................................................... 43 The heritage significance of the buildings on the Blossom Street site .............................................................................................. 43 No. 13 Norton Folgate ................................................................ 43 No. 14 Norton Folgate ................................................................ 44 No. 15 Norton Folgate ................................................................ 44 Nos. 16-19 Norton Folgate ......................................................... 44 No. 20 Norton Folgate ................................................................ 45 No. 2 Shoreditch High Street ....................................................... 46 Nos. 3-9 Shoreditch High Street ................................................... 46 Nos. 5-11a Folgate Street ............................................................ 46 Nos. 16 and 17 Blossom Street .................................................... 47 Nos. 12-15 Blossom Street .......................................................... 47 Blossom Street Warehouse (north end of Blossom Street) ............. 48 1927 Warehouse and Stables ...................................................... 48 Nos. 4-8 Elder Street ................................................................... 49 No. 2 Elder Street and passageway to the north .......................... 49 No. 161 Commercial Street ......................................................... 50 Loom Court, nos. 2-3 Fleur De Lis Street and 14-22 Elder Street .... 50 The heritage significance or character and appearance of the Elder Street Conservation Area ............................................................ 51 The contribution of the Blossom Street site to the conservation area ............................................................................................ 52 ‘Historic interest’, ‘Historical value’ and ‘Evidential value’ ........... 54 ‘Architectural interest’, ‘artistic interest’ or ‘aesthetic value’ ........ 55 Communal value ........................................................................ 56 Summary .................................................................................... 56 File name: 1469.6.1 Blossom Street Heritage Assessment R1.doc Lead author: Kevin Murphy/Nick Collins Last saved: 15/12/2014 16:47 Number of pages: 58 File size: 6.00 Mb Page 2 Page 3 Blossom Street, E1: Heritage Assessment Blossom Street, E1: Heritage Assessment Volume 1 Volume 1 1 Introduction Buildings in the London Region of English Heritage and dealt with a range of major projects involving listed buildings and conservation areas in London. Prior to this, 1.1 This report has been prepared to assess the existing he had been a conservation officer with the London historic built environment in and around a site at Blossom Borough of Southwark, and was Head of Conservation Street, E1 that is the subject of development proposals. and Design at Hackney Council between 1997 and 1999. The report has been prepared for British Land Property He trained and worked as an architect, and has a specialist Management Limited. qualification in urban and building conservation. As well The site as co-ordinating and drafting this Heritage Appraisal, Kevin has provided advice to the applicant and the design 1.2 The site is bounded by Network Rail lines to the north; team throughout the design of the proposed Elder Street and Blossom Street to the east; Folgate Street development. and office and residential units to the south; and Norton 1.6 Significant input has been provided by other KMHeritage Folgate and Shoreditch High Street to the west. staff, as follows. Research and analysis concerning the site and its context, as well as advice during the development The Existing Building Heritage Analysis of the scheme design, was provided by Kate Graham MA 1.3 The ‘Existing Building Heritage Analysis’ was prepared (Hons) MA PG Dip Cons (AA). Kate has been a deputy jointly by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, KMHeritage, Team Leader in English Heritage’s London Region, as well MOLA and AKTII. It was developed in 2013 (and finalised as having worked in English Heritage’s policy team. Most 1 in early 2014 ) in order to provide the design team with recently, Kate was Conservation and Design Manager at an understanding of the nature, location and extent of the London Borough of Islington. She has also worked at heritage significance across the Blossom Street site and to the Architectural Heritage Fund. Kate has extensive inform the development of design proposals. It consists of experience of dealing with proposals that affect the a number of parts, including a general overview of the historic environment, assessing significance of the historic history of the site and its surroundings, and a detailed environment and also has a background in research, gazetteer of the existing structures on the site. Each entry policy analysis and in understanding historic buildings in the gazetteer provides information about the individual and places. She has trained as a historian and has a structures, describes and assesses their fabric and specialist qualification in historic building conservation. condition, and assigns a measure of relative historical and 1.7 Advice and guidance regarding the design of the architectural value to them. proposed development was also provided by Nick Collins 1.4 This report should be read with the ‘Existing Building BSc (Hons) MSc MRICS IHBC, who has twenty years Heritage Analysis’. experience in the property sector, including most recently as a Director of the Conservation Team at integrated Contributors design consultants, Alan Baxter & Associates.