Place    From 1780 

Penton Estate

Categories: Architecture, Property

Place

Built by Henry Penton in the late 1700s, possibly London's first planned suburb. The estate was completed around 1820. A few of the original houses survive in Chapel Market. The 'Penton Estate: 750 commercial and residential properties, N1 and WC1' was sold by auction in May 1951.

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Penton Estate

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