Built by Henry Penton in the late 1700s, possibly London's first planned suburb. The estate was completed around 1820. A few of the original houses survive in Chapel Market. The estate can be seen in this and .
A of sale particulars titled 'Penton Estate: 750 commercial and residential properties, N1 and WC1' dated May 1951, held by the National Archives includes many street names in the area shown on the maps.
At the source of this 1956 photo, , there is an excellent zoom. Using that you can see 4 Corinthian capitals on the projecting shop-front on the corner building. We think it's one of these which is attached to the 1970s building.
From BHO: "From the 1880s there was an estate office at No. 19 (later 45) Penton Street, where Gibson {the Penton family agent, James Gibson}, who had run a school there, resided. By the early twentieth century this had reading and recreation rooms, presumably for tenants, where billiards, bagatelle, chess and dominoes might be played. Day-to-day management, including rent collection, arranging for minor repairs, dealing with tenants and finding new tenants, was carried out here by Gibson..."
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