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Plaque

Gable Cottages

Erection date: 1971

Inscription

Octavia Hill Housing Association, Gable Cottages, renovated 1970 - 1971.

Site: Gable Cottages (1 memorial)

SE1, Sudrey Street, Gable Cottages

This plaque is on the central façade of this horseshoe shaped development of houses. Sudrey Street was previously names Little Suffolk Street.

From the : "16 cottages. 1889. By Elijah Hoole. For the Revd T Bastow. ... Built along the lines of Octavia Hills pioneering ideas for working-class housing."

have an engraving by Hoole which makes them look very grand. There we learn that "The Rev. Bastow owned the land but had no other connection with the area."

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Gable Cottages

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Octavia Housing

Not-for-profit organisation with a strong track record in social housing and ...

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