# Hallfield Estate > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hallfield_Estate > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hallfield_Estate.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallfield_Estate > Source revision: 1353202336 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Housing estate in Bayswater, London}} {{For|the council estate in [Wetherby](/source/Wetherby), [West Yorkshire](/source/West_Yorkshire)|Hallfield}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{coord|51|30|56.55|N|0|11|7.5|W|region:GB_type:landmark|display=title}} thumb|Hallfield Estate in 1956 thumb|Hallfield in 2003 The '''Hallfield Estate''' is one of several [modernist](/source/modernist_architecture) housing projects in [Bayswater](/source/Bayswater), [City of Westminster](/source/City_of_Westminster), and was designed in the immediate postwar period by the [Tecton](/source/Tecton_Group) architecture practice, led by [Berthold Lubetkin](/source/Berthold_Lubetkin). Following the dissolution of Tecton, the project was realised by [Denys Lasdun](/source/Denys_Lasdun) and Lindsay Drake in the 1950s. Construction took place in two phases during 1951–55 and 1955–58. The estate is at {{gbmapping|TQ260812}}, south of Bishops Bridge Road in [Bayswater](/source/Bayswater) located in Westminster. It comprises 15 blocks spread over roughly {{convert|17|acre|m2}}, a laundry (now used as the local Estate Office), and the [Hallfield Primary School](/source/Hallfield_Primary_School), also by Lasdun. Architecturally, the design shares much with similar Tecton projects of the period, thumb|Hallfield Estate in 2011 including the [Priory Green](/source/Priory_Green_Estate) and [Spa Green](/source/Spa_Green_Estate) Estates, and the [Finsbury Health Centre](/source/Finsbury_Health_Centre). Hallfield was designated a conservation area by Westminster City Council in 1990, and the majority of Estate buildings were [listed Grade II](/source/Grade_II) in June 2011. John Penrose, the Minister responsible for the 2011 listing, commented: "These blocks show real flair and beauty, and all the more so considering the post-war era in which they were conceived. Sixty years on, they have become a distinctive part of the London landscape, still looking good and remaining popular with residents and visitors alike." Hannah Parham, the [English Heritage](/source/English_Heritage) Designation Advisor, responded to the 2011 listing decision by adding: “The estate presents a convincing riposte to criticism that postwar council housing is grey, drab and utilitarian. At Hallfield, the exteriors of each block are treated like works of abstract art – some are patterned with a chequerboard of blue and red brickwork; others have a zigzagging screen of white concrete panels. The estate now exists amongst an elite group of 16 listed post-war housing estates in London – estates that are successful as places to live and are cared for by their residents.” ==CityWest Homes controversy== In 2010, a £10 million pound project{{cite news |url=http://www.westendextra.com/news/2014/jan/city-hall%E2%80%99s-scrapping-%C2%A310m-estate-refurbishment-%E2%80%98-mockery%E2%80%99 |title=City Hall's scrapping of £10m estate refurbishment 'a mockery' |first1=William |last1=McLennan |first2=Patrick |last2=Edwards |date=9 January 2014 |newspaper=West End Extra |accessdate=24 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032553/http://www.westendextra.com/news/2014/jan/city-hall%E2%80%99s-scrapping-%C2%A310m-estate-refurbishment-%E2%80%98-mockery%E2%80%99 |archive-date=4 March 2016}} managed by [CityWest Homes](/source/CityWest_Homes){{cite web |url=http://www.cwh.org.uk/tenant-services/better-homes/major-works/west-area-major-works/ |title=West area major works |website=CityWest Homes |accessdate=24 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726144107/http://www.cwh.org.uk/tenant-services/better-homes/major-works/west-area-major-works/ |archive-date=26 July 2014}} – Westminster Councils [Arms-length management organisation](/source/Arms-length_management_organisation) – commenced to refurbish the estate. The refurbishment included replacement of 50-year-old windows, as they did not meet the Government's [Decent Homes Standard](/source/Decent_Homes_Standard) (requiring windows in blocks over six storeys to be replaced after 30 years).{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/7812/138355.pdf |title=A Decent Home: Definition and guidance for implementation |date=June 2006 |website=Department for Communities & Local Government |accessdate=24 July 2014}} However, during 2012 and early in 2013 problems arose in the project.{{cite web |url=http://labourwestminster.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/hallfield-estate-repairs-fiasco/ |title=Hallfield Estate repairs fiasco |first=Paul |last=Dimoldenberg |date=3 January 2014 |website=Westminster Labour Party |accessdate=24 July 2014}} Hallfield resident Edward Newnham, said it's "blind leading the blind. It's just a mockery." Resident James Killeen, said: "The problem is with CityWest Homes. They were the managers of the thing and they should have been clearer." On 30 December 2013, after reading a [confidential](/source/confidential) report written by CityWest Homes [chief executive officer](/source/chief_executive_officer) [Nick Barton](/source/Nick_Barton), Westminster City Council and contractor [Essex](/source/Essex)-based Mulalley{{cite magazine |url=https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/sectors/westminster-terminates-mulalley-hallfield-refurb-deal-07-01-2014/ |title=Westminster terminates Mulalley Hallfield refurb deal |first=Robyn |last=Wilson |date=7 January 2014 |magazine=[Construction News](/source/Construction_News) |accessdate=24 July 2014}} reached a compromise agreement to end the contract.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/hallfield-estate-refurbishment-contract-terminated/7001496.article |title=Hallfield estate refurbishment contract terminated |first=Carl |last=Brown |date=7 January 2014 |magazine=[Inside Housing](/source/Inside_Housing) |access-date=24 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812101900/http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/hallfield-estate-refurbishment-contract-terminated/7001496.article |archive-date=12 August 2014}} Following the controversy, Hallfield estate leaseholders considered taking legal action against CityWest Homes.{{cite news |url=http://www.westendextra.com/news/2012/feb/hallfield-leaseholders-may-take-legal-action-against-citywest-homes |title=Hallfield leaseholders may take legal action against CityWest Homes |first=Josh |last=Loeb |date=3 February 2012 |newspaper=West End Extra |accessdate=24 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728084045/http://www.westendextra.com/news/2012/feb/hallfield-leaseholders-may-take-legal-action-against-citywest-homes |archive-date=28 July 2014}} ==References== {{Reflist}} * John Allan & Morley von Sternberg, ''Berthold Lubetkin'' (Merrell, 2002) * John Allan, ''Lubetkin: Architecture and the Tradition of Progress'' (RIBA 1992) ==External links== *{{cite web |url=http://www.designmuseum.org/design/berthold-lubetkin |title=Berthold Lubetkin |website=[Design Museum](/source/Design_Museum) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404201848/http://www.designmuseum.org/design/berthold-lubetkin |archive-date=4 April 2014}} *{{cite web |url=http://www.westminster.gov.uk/environment/planning/conservationlistedbuildings/areaprofiles/hallfieldestate.cfm |title=Conservation and listed buildings: Hallfield Estate |date=2009 |website=Westminster City Council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323020051/http://www.westminster.gov.uk/environment/planning/conservationlistedbuildings/areaprofiles/hallfieldestate.cfm |archive-date=23 March 2009}} Also see: [http://www3.westminster.gov.uk/docstores/publications_store/Hallfieldmap.pdf Plan of Hallfield Conservation Area] *{{cite web |url=http://www3.westminster.gov.uk/docstores/publications_store/Hallfield.pdf |title=Conservation Area Audit Hallfield Estate Consultation Draft |date=March 2008 |website=Westminster City Council}} *{{NHLE|num=1402283 |desc=Hallfield Estate (14 residential blocks and laundry) |accessdate=}} Category:Residential buildings completed in 1958 Category:Modernist architecture in London Category:Housing estates in the City of Westminster Category:Denys Lasdun buildings Category:Berthold Lubetkin buildings Category:Grade II listed buildings in the City of Westminster --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Hallfield Estate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallfield_Estate) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallfield_Estate?action=history)). 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