Gibson Gardens

Gibson Gardens is a historic tenement block of flats in Stoke Newington in London, England.

Gibson Gardens with original cobblestone paving (December 2005)

The flats were built by the Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes in 1880 and named in honour of Thomas Field Gibson, who was a Director of the Association from its inception.[1][2][3] It originally comprised three brick blocks of flats and a row of 'cottages' which originally housed older relations of people living in the blocks. A further block (the 'paddlesteamer' block) was built later. They were originally called Gibson Buildings and were some of the first quality dwellings for working and lower-middle-class families in London.

The buildings are located near the corner of Northwold Road and Stoke Newington High Street (A10), close to Stoke Newington Common.

They were renovated in 1975 but many period features survive, including the rare cobblestone street surfaces.

Gibson Gardens was a location for shooting the video of the 2007 single Back to Black by Amy Winehouse and the 2015 film Legend starring Tom Hardy. Scenes from the "Screen Two" presentation "Heading Home" (1990) starring Gary Oldman, Joely Richardson, Steven Dillane & Stella Gonet were also shot in the Gardens.

The alleged Russian spy Anna Chapman and her husband lived in Gibson Gardens for a period around 2002.[4]

Bibliography

  • The Gibson Gardens History and Cookbook, Centerprise Trust, 1984 (ISBN 0-903738-65-1)
  • Gaslight on the Cobble: Family life in Gibson Gardens and Stoke Newington 1923-1955 by Doris Robson, Paz Publications, 1998 (ISBN 0-9533954-0-5)

Nearest station

Stoke Newington railway station

References

  1. "Thomas Gibson & Thomas Field Gibson". Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  2. "Thomas Field Gibson". Christian Life and Unitarian Herald: 609. 1889.
  3. "Obituary: Mr Thomas Field Gibson". The Inquirer: 822. 1889.
  4. Report in Stoke Newington Gazette 2 July 2010 Archived 13 September 2012 at Archive.today

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