Council works ‘vandalising’ Neave Brown’s masterpiece

Alexandra Road kitchen by Andrea Butcher5

Source: Andrea Butcher

Heritage campaigners call for urgent halt to ’alarming’ destruction of kitchens

Heritage campaigners have raised the alarm over council refurbishment work at Alexandra Road which they say is destroying important original fabric at Neave Brown’s grade II*-listed estate.

Camden council contractors are currently carrying out modernisation work on kitchens and bathrooms, removing historic features despite concerns flagged by the Tenants & Residents Association (TRA).

Representatives from conservation bodies Docomomo UK and the Twentieth Century Society have carried out inspections in the last few days and are calling for the contractors to be urgently re-briefed.

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