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Location
  
London

Client
  
Greater London Council

Structural system
  
in-situ concrete

Architectural style
  
Modern architecture

Country
  
UK

Landlord
  
Southwark Council

Floors
  
11

Architect
  
Roger Walters

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Completed
  
May 1970 (initial) & 1987 (extension)

Owner
  
Southwark London Borough Council

Similar
  
Metro Central Heights, Michael Faraday Memorial, Skipton House, Hannibal House, Heygate Estate

Perronet house elephant and castle london in the beginning and in 2012


Perronet House is an 11-storey residential council tower block adjacent to the northern roundabout of the Elephant and Castle, in London.

Contents

Map of Perronet House, Princess St, London SE1 6JS, UK

Stuck in the lift at perronet house


Design and Layout

In 1969 Sir Roger Walters was commissioned by the Greater London Council to design a high density block of social housing to complement the already completed high rise buildings of commercial, educational and governmental establishments. It won a commendation in the 1971 Good Design In Housing awards.

It is a building of fascinating quirks, both structurally and socially. Flats are situated on a raised "P" (for PODIUM) level, and on the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th and 10th floor. The P level flats are a later 1980s addition but all the flats above it are split level scissor section flats, arranged over three primary floors and wrapped around a central communal corridor. This provides each flat with a dual aspect unobstructed by external corridors more usually found on high rise social housing in the area.

Tenant management

Perronet House set itself up as a Tenant Managed Organisation (TMO) under the UK's 'Right to Manage' legislation for council houses. However it was Southwark's first TMO to fail and management of the block returned to the council in 2004. In April 2012 a new Tenants and Residents Association was formed.

Media coverage

  • Time Out London used images of the garden of the tenth floor communal sundeck in an article about Food Up Front, part of a feature on slow food.

    • See a scan of the article here

  • The Guardian filmed guerrilla gardeners temporarily retreating to a Perronet House flat after an encounter with police while gardening on the Elephant and Castle north roundabout.

    • See the video here

  • The book On Guerrilla Gardening by Richard Reynolds (Bloomsbury 2008) includes numerous photos and references to Perronet House and the building also appears illustrated on the back cover.

    • See more about the book here

    In December 2007 Hollywood actress Daryl Hannah made a surprise visit to Perronet House. Her arrival made the front page of the South London Press. See a scan of the article here

    References

    Perronet House Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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