Poplar Row Flats

Three fifteen-bay four-storey flats, built 1936-9, facing south, with flats entered from galleried rear side, latter having two open-faced stairs towers per block, and blocks connected by recessed two-bay three-storey links with archways to ground floor. Front elevations of blocks have rounded end bays; second bay from each end of all blocks projects slightly in plan and height; middle three bays of middle block to front project slightly, having canted ends and are framed in brickwork to ground floor of middle bay and three floors of flanking bays; flanking blocks have balcony with canted ends, and concrete canopy, to middle bay of second floor, and similar to first floor of three middle bays, canopy to middle of latter forming base to balcony above. Rear elevations of blocks have three-bay ends, with continuous balcony to each floor, punctuated by slightly projecting stairs towers. Oversailing flat concrete roofs to main blocks and balconies, red brick parapets having masonry copings to projecting bays and link blocks, and rendered chimneystacks (five per block) with terracotta pots. Front elevation of each block is pebbledashed, except for ground floor, projecting bays and link blocks which are all of red brick laid in English bond; similar brickwork to side elevations and to middle part of balconies to rear elevation; rendered elsewhere to rear elevations and to stairs towers; render capping and plinth courses to balconies; link blocks have V-profile pilaster to middle of facade and stop and start soldier course at parapet level. Square-headed window openings with raised render reveals, mixed concrete and white brick sills, and replacement uPVC frames. Square-headed doorways to flats, with raised render reveals and mixed timber panelled, and replacement uPVC and steel doors. Square-headed openings to stair towers, shouldered to fourth stage, with rippled steel railings to all openings above ground floor. Elliptical-headed integral archways to link blocks, with brick voussoirs and stepped keystones, and steel panels with single-leaf gates. Street boundaries have mild-steel single and double-leaf gates flanked by square-plan red brick piers with concrete caps and plinths, and matching railings on masonry plinth wall.