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On the market For sale 2 bedroom house South Row Blackheath London SE3 £800,000

If any of you have done my Blackheath walk, then you’ll be familiar with this Grade II listed Span development. South Row was designed by Eric Lyons in 1963. It comprises two L-shaped blocks—one with 23 flats, the other 10 houses over garages—set around a central communal garden.

This two-bedroom house has been modernised, so the purists among you may want to strip that staircase back to the original wood. On the ground floor is a large open plan dual aspect living room, with a compact kitchen in one corner. Upstairs is a large landing, currently being used as a study, two bedrooms and the bathroom.

At £800,000 it doesn’t come cheap, but if you’re interested, view the listing here. 

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£325,000. 3 br. New Ash Green, Kent.

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The World’s End Estate in Chelsea, designed by Jim Cadbury-Brown and Eric Lyons (1969).

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Parkleys, Ham

Parkleys, TW10

Eric Lyons, 1954 - 55 (Grade II Listed)

I am a huge fan of Span and always get excited when I see a new listing with original features on the Modern House. I think a Span development could be our next home so I decided to take a stroll in Parkleys. The development was designed by the architect Eric Lyons and built between 1954–1955 on four acres of the former Ham Farm Nursery which was acquired by Townsend and Cushman.

Some lovely words about Eric Lyons and Span developments:

Eric Lyons was admired for 'bridging the gap' between speculative work and the creativity most architects of his generation only found in the public sector. 'Twenty years ago he would have been regarded as barely respectable, today he is important. He may even come to be looked back upon as a key figure' (Architectural Review, February 1959). The opportunity to work in such a close partnership with a sympathetic development enabled Lyons to pursue his own ideas in materials, layout and design. Yet the blocks had to be simple, for 'the architect has to design and organise so that buildings can be produced at the same cost as a builder's scheme providing the same accommodation', as Townsend told the Architects' Journal (20 January 1955, p.72).