3 bed Flat For Sale £825,000
Jdm are delighted to bring to market this three bedroom, Eric Lyons span flat, on the picturesque South Row, right in the heart of Blackheath. With one owner since new, this share of freehold property offers heaps of original features including; parquet flooring, original doors, wall mounted lighting and vintage drawers.
The tastefully updated kitchen and bathroom maintain the 1960's features while creating a practical and modern living space. Each bedroom is generously sized, and full length ceiling to floor windows allowing plenty of light throughout, as well as providing scenic views over the heath. This chain free, first floor apartment benefits from lots of helpful in built storage and the beautiful open plan kitchen/reception leads out onto a wide balcony overlooking the stunning communal gardens.
The Grade II listed building is kept in fantastic condition, and includes an onsite caretaker, pram/bike storage room, convenient bin storage and 24hr CCTV. Off road parking is available and there is also a private garage accessible from Pond road. Additionally all appliances and remaining furniture is included in the sale price.
South Row History
The development company Span built 30 housing estates between 1948 and 1984. In his book The Spirit of Span Housing, James Strike says: "Span housing was the inspiration of two young men, who, during the 1930s, met as architectural students at the Regent Street Polytechnic. Eric Lyons and Geoffrey Townsend both had a keen interest in modern architecture. They believed that there was a market for well-designed houses in carefully designed landscapes for the sort of people who recognised good design when they saw it – and they were right."
In the case of South Row, Lyons made an application for a three-storey block of 23 flats, incorporating an innovative corner plan with ten maisonettes set over garages in a range to the rear. The scheme was opposed by the lcc's Historic Buildings Sub-Committee and eventually rejected by the Town Planning Committee in 1959. However, in 1963 a general policy for Blackheath Park sought to keep new housing behind existing building lines, and the South Row scheme was approved for it's 'architectural vitality'. Despite the initial resistance to the design, South Row won Lyons a mhlg Housing Design Award when finally completed in 1963.
The flat blocks form part of the very rich architectural legacy of built form which lines the edge of the Heath. Its setting is particularly attractive with the tree lined Prince of Wales Pond in its foreground and a fine mature (type) tree to its eastern corner. The flats have an overwhelmingly strong horizontal emphasis with the expressed reinforced concrete frame replacing the stucco rendered string courses of the late Georgian houses which are so prominent in other views across the Heath. It is because of this strong emphasis and its wider setting adjacent to The Paragon that this development is such a landmark and a modern icon. The development is a bold and uncompromising addition to the Heath and as such in the tradition of the Heath in embracing contemporary architecture.
The tastefully updated kitchen and bathroom maintain the 1960's features while creating a practical and modern living space. Each bedroom is generously sized, and full length ceiling to floor windows allowing plenty of light throughout, as well as providing scenic views over the heath. This chain free, first floor apartment benefits from lots of helpful in built storage and the beautiful open plan kitchen/reception leads out onto a wide balcony overlooking the stunning communal gardens.
The Grade II listed building is kept in fantastic condition, and includes an onsite caretaker, pram/bike storage room, convenient bin storage and 24hr CCTV. Off road parking is available and there is also a private garage accessible from Pond road. Additionally all appliances and remaining furniture is included in the sale price.
South Row History
The development company Span built 30 housing estates between 1948 and 1984. In his book The Spirit of Span Housing, James Strike says: "Span housing was the inspiration of two young men, who, during the 1930s, met as architectural students at the Regent Street Polytechnic. Eric Lyons and Geoffrey Townsend both had a keen interest in modern architecture. They believed that there was a market for well-designed houses in carefully designed landscapes for the sort of people who recognised good design when they saw it – and they were right."
In the case of South Row, Lyons made an application for a three-storey block of 23 flats, incorporating an innovative corner plan with ten maisonettes set over garages in a range to the rear. The scheme was opposed by the lcc's Historic Buildings Sub-Committee and eventually rejected by the Town Planning Committee in 1959. However, in 1963 a general policy for Blackheath Park sought to keep new housing behind existing building lines, and the South Row scheme was approved for it's 'architectural vitality'. Despite the initial resistance to the design, South Row won Lyons a mhlg Housing Design Award when finally completed in 1963.
The flat blocks form part of the very rich architectural legacy of built form which lines the edge of the Heath. Its setting is particularly attractive with the tree lined Prince of Wales Pond in its foreground and a fine mature (type) tree to its eastern corner. The flats have an overwhelmingly strong horizontal emphasis with the expressed reinforced concrete frame replacing the stucco rendered string courses of the late Georgian houses which are so prominent in other views across the Heath. It is because of this strong emphasis and its wider setting adjacent to The Paragon that this development is such a landmark and a modern icon. The development is a bold and uncompromising addition to the Heath and as such in the tradition of the Heath in embracing contemporary architecture.
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