![]() Steel-framed building, with concrete floors. 1936 to the designs of Guy Morgan and Partnres. There are two lifts.įlorin Court is a Grade II listed building with the entry at the Historic England website telling us:īlock of 126 flats. All spaces are communal and access is free to all residents. In the basement are a swimming pool, a spa, a sauna, a gym, a small library, a wi-fi area, a laundry room and a garage. The building is composed of nine floors and has a total of 120 flats. On Saturday 20 July 2013 a flat on the first floor caught fire and the building had to be evacuated. They provide a stark reminder of the World War II era being of neither traditional nor economic design. The windows 'grouped into bands by exposed concrete surrounds' in the listing are of thin panes with thin muntins and brutalist mullions with all types of hangings permitted. In 2003, the building was declared listed in the initial category of the national scheme. The building became the fictional residence of Agatha Christie's Poirot, known as Whitehaven Mansions. Regalian Proprieties refurbished the building in the 1980s, to designs by Hildebrand & Clicker architects, providing today's interior layout and more facilities. The walls were built in beige brick, specially made by Williamson Cliff Ltd (based in Stamford, Lincolnshire), and placed over a steel frame. ![]() It was probably the earliest of the residential apartment blocks in the wider Clerkenwell district, immediately north of the City of London. As well as exterior shots a number of interior shots of the building were utilised for this programme over the 24 years of production.īuilt in 1936 by Guy Morgan and Partners who worked until 1927 for Edwin Lutyens, it features an impressive curved façade with projecting wings, a roof garden, setbacks on the ninth and tenth floors and a basement swimming pool. in the LWT television series "Agatha Christie's Poirot" (1989-2013). The building has been used as Whitehaven mansions, the fictional London residence of Agatha Christie's fictional character Hercule Poirot. Wikipedia has an article about Florin Court that tells us:įlorin Court is an Art Deco residential building on the eastern side of Charterhouse Square in Smithfield, London.
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