Caledonian Estate
| The Caledonian Estate | |
|---|---|
Entrance to Carrick House, Caledonian Road | |
Interactive map of the The Caledonian Estate area | |
| General information | |
| Type | Flatted Estate |
| Architectural style | Victorian Gothic, Arts and Crafts |
| Location | 408–416 (inclusive) Caledonian Road, Islington, United Kingdom |
| Construction started | 1900 |
| Completed | 1907 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | JG Stephenson |
| Architecture firm | Architecture Department, London County Council |
| Designations | Grade II listed |
The Caledonian Estate is a Grade II listed, early Edwardian estate towards the northern end of the Caledonian Road in Islington, London. It is situated next to Pentonville Prison. The Estate was built on the site of the classical Caledonian Asylum from which the Road took its name.
Pevsner describes the building as having been constructed between 1900 and 1907, though English Heritage describes it as having been built between 1904 and 1906. A pamphlet produced by the London County Council notes that, though the Council had accepted an offer from the Asylum for the land by January 1901, construction could not begin until December 1904 as the trustees of the school needed time to erect new buildings elsewhere. The architect was James Greenwood Stephenson (1872–1950); and was designed during his time in the Housing of the Working Classes Branch of the London County Council Architect's Department.
Susan Beattie states that it is one of the two "most successful" flatted estates in the first decade of the twentieth century (along with Stephenson's Chadworth Buildings in Lever Street).