Belvedere Court
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Belvedere Court is a residential block of fifty six flats in Lyttelton Road, East Finchley
, North London
, England. It was designed by the architect Ernst Ludwig Freud
and built by H Meckhonik, a London-based contractor in 1937/38. It is a fine example of 'moderne
' design and is characterized by streamline pavilion windows, stone bands and a number of other architectural features which are typical of the period. Belvedere Court received its Grade II listing in 1999.
East Finchley
East Finchley is a suburb in the London Borough of Barnet, in north London, and situated north-west of Charing Cross. Geographically it is somewhat separate from the rest of Finchley, with North Finchley and West Finchley to the north, and Finchley Central to the west.- History :The land on which...
, North London
North London
North London is the northern part of London, England. It is an imprecise description and the area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes. Common to these definitions is that it includes districts located north of the River Thames and is used in comparison with South...
, England. It was designed by the architect Ernst Ludwig Freud
Ernst Ludwig Freud
Ernst Ludwig Freud was an Austrian architect and the youngest son of Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and his German-born wife Martha Bernays....
and built by H Meckhonik, a London-based contractor in 1937/38. It is a fine example of 'moderne
Moderne architecture
Moderne architecture, also sometimes referred to as "Style Moderne" or simply "Moderne", a general United States landmarks term for styles of architecture that were popular from 1925 through the 1940s. It has expression in styles traditionally classified as Art Deco, Streamline Moderne, and WPA...
' design and is characterized by streamline pavilion windows, stone bands and a number of other architectural features which are typical of the period. Belvedere Court received its Grade II listing in 1999.