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Kensal House
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TypeHousing association flats
Architectural styleModernist
LocationLadbroke Grove, London, England
Address1-68, Ladbroke Grove W10
Coordinates51°31′31″N 0°12′54″W / 51.5253°N 0.2151°W / 51.5253; -0.2151
Completed1937 (1937)
ClientGas Light and Coke Company
Design and construction
Architect(s)Maxwell Fry
Awards and prizesRoyal Gold Medal (1963)
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameKensal House
Designated19 March 1981 (1981-03-19)
Reference no.1225244

Kensal House is a housing estate of two curved blocks of 68 housing association flats at the northern end of Ladbroke Grove, London, completed in 1937 and designed by the architect Maxwell Fry. It was the first modernist block in the UK designed to be occupied by the working class and on completion in 1937, was widely thought to be a prototype for modern living.

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