Great Estates

Sarah Yates is a Researcher at New London Architecture. She studied art and architectural history at Leeds University and then undertook an MA in Curating Contemporary Design at Kingston University, where she focused on curating architecture outside of the traditional museum environment.Peter Murray is Co-Founder of NLA and started the organisation together with Nick Mckeogh in 2005. He founded the London Festival of Architecture the previous year. He is a Mayor of London’s Design Advocate, Chairman of the Temple Bar Trust, Past Master of the Architects’ Company, a board member of Be First, Barking and Dagenham’s regeneration delivery company, and of the Association of Architectural Organisations.

• Estates Map NLA Foreword: Peter Murray OBE, Co-Founder, NLA Introduction Section 1: Original Estates A. Medieval Origins: Estates founded before c. 1540 • The Crown Estate • City of London Corporation • Duchy of Lancaster • Duchy of Cornwall • Mercers’ Company • Leathersellers’ Company • Eton College Estate • Cloudesley Estate • The Clothworkers’ Company • The Portman Estate B. Reformation to Restoration: Estates founded between c. 1540 and c. 1660 • United St Saviour’s Charity • Skinners’ Company • Harpur Trust • Rugby Estate • John Lyon Estate • Colville Estate • Gascoyne Estates • Dulwich Estate • The Pollen Estate • Wellcome Trust Estate • South Kensington Estates • Benyon Estate • Berners-Allsopp Estate • Trinity Village Viewpoint: Lucy Musgrave OBE, Founding Director, Publica C. Building the West End and Beyond: Estates founded between c. 1660 and 1800 • Walcot Estate • The Bedford Estates • Grosvenor Estate • Capper Mortimer Estate • Greenwich Hospital • Ilchester Estates • The Howard de Walden Estate • Cadogan Estate • Phillimore Estate • Sloane Stanley Estate • Lowndes Estate • Eyre Estate • Berkeley Square Estate • Day Estate • Foundling Hospital Estate • Lloyd Baker Estate • Gunter Estate Viewpoint: Hugh Seaborn CVO, CEO, The Cadogan Estate D. The Growing Metropolis: Estates founded between 1800 and 1925 • Church Commissioners – Hyde Park Estate • University College London • King’s College London • Maryon Wilson Estate • Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 • Peabody – The Whitecross Street Estate • London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) • New River Estate • Hampstead Garden Suburb • Imperial College London • The Langham Estate Section 2: Newer Estates E. Urban Renaissance: Estates founded between the 1970s and 2000s • Soho Estates • Knightsbridge Estate • Broadgate • Regent’s Place • Covent Garden, Chinatown, and Carnaby and Soho • Canary Wharf • More London • Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation • Wembley Park • Victoria • King’s Cross Viewpoint: Daniel Elsea, Partner, Allies and Morrison F. Post-Olympic Boom: Estates founded in and after 2012 • Battersea Power Station • Elephant and Castle Town Centre • Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park • Royal Docks • East Village • Greenwich Peninsula • Paddington Central • Thamesmead • Brent Cross Town • Earls Court • Canada Water • Transport Trading Limited Properties (TTLP) Viewpoint: Kathryn Firth, Director in Cities, Planning and Design, Arup Conclusion Endnotes Further Reading Acknowledgements Image Credits Sponsors Index

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