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“A rare opportunity to acquire one of Ernö Goldfinger's post-war apartments with most of its original modernist features carefully preserved”
Housed within an important Grade II-listed building designed by Ernö Goldfinger is this wonderfully proportioned one-bedroom apartment. Located on Regent’s Park Road, it has a south-facing balcony and access to a beautiful communal garden. The building is one of Goldfinger’s first post-war works, built between 1954-56, and marks the first stage of his progression from the restrained modern classicism of his Willow Road terrace towards the tougher, exposed grid structure which was to dominate his later iconic works.
Regent's Park Road II
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History
Built in 1954-56, Number 10 Regent’s Park Road was designed by Hungarian-born architect Ernö Goldfinger. Throughout his life, Goldfinger was interested in finding ways to build affordable, high-quality housing. The 1936 Housing Act brought in measures that allowed seven or more people to pool their resources and form a housing society – a non-profit association. The housing society could then raise a ninety per cent mortgage on a property. The scheme was particularly suitable for people with a reliable income but who had relatively little money available for an initial investment. It also gave members of the housing society significant control over the planning and subsequent running of their property.
According to Nigel Warburton's book, Ernö Goldfinger – The Life of an Architect, Goldfinger worked with one such housing association - the Regent’s Park Housing Society - which 10 families had formed, especially to develop a site on Regent’s Park Road. The site had been bomb-damaged, creating a gap between the handsome stucco-fronted 19th-century houses that dominated the area. Goldfinger’s challenge was to create a block of flats that met his clients’ needs but did not disturb the rhythm of the street’s existing architecture, while also complying with his own particular aesthetic. The resulting block is an elegant solution, reminiscent in many ways of Goldfinger’s own house on Willow Road in Hampstead.
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