Edrich House

Edrich House is part of the Studley Estate, built by Lambeth Borough Council and designed by their Architect's Department under the direction of Edward (Ted) Hollamby. The most renowned scheme from the same office is Lambeth Towers, generally loved by aficionados of modernism, but seen as too expensive at the time of its completion. Thus, the Borough Architect's Department sought to use existing system building technologies to good effect. Here, over 22 stories, Group Leader, George Finch, deployed the Wates system into a 'dentilated profile' that, in his view, enabled residents to pick out their own flat from afar [1]. The exposed aggregate finish of the point block was combined with aluminium windows and the pre-cast system set against in-situ construction of the adjacent community facility of Surrey Hall. The tower stands as a counterpoint to the long shed of the Stockwell Bus Garage next door.

[1] Franklin, G. & Harwood, E. (2014) Housing in Lambeth 1965-80 and its National Context. A Thematic Study (Historic England: Research Report Series 2-2014)