Providing a safe and welcoming community for Tenants and Residents

Our History

Lancaster Court Estate was built as part of the post-war regeneration of the old ‘Fulham Borough’ and stands on the site of ‘The avenues’, a colloquially defined area of late Victorian and Edwardian terraced properties that had very basic amenities.

Some of the original families who lived in these houses were re-housed in the newly build flats of the Lancaster Court Estate. In comparison, these flats were considered at that time to be luxury housing, with their bathrooms, constant hot water, kitchen with built-in fidges, crittal windows, and tiled flooring. It was also possible to rent a separate ‘pram shed’ for the storage of the baby’s prams, pushchairs, and bicylcles.

These ‘Pram Sheds’ were grouped in convenient areas around the estate of which, with the exception of a few in the basement area of one of the blocks, none now remain. Their use had gradually declined and they, together with the communal lighting of those areas, became subject to acts of vandalism by the groups of children who congregated there after dark. This led to many complaints from the residents resulting in the Council deciding to demolish these areas - the largest of which was located adjacent to the electricity sub-station and opposite Block 106-130.