Heritage on the slide! Children’s play area on 1970s council estate is among new list of places given a Grade II-listing
- There is new addition to Historic England’s esteemed register of listed structures
- The children’s slide on a council estate in Westminster was built in the 1970s
- It has now been added to the National Heritage List with a Grade II-listing
- Campbell Park in Milton Keynes and Golden Lane Estate in London also added
Picture the kind of sites that are granted protected status and you’ll probably think of somewhere grand or historically significant – York Minster or the house in which Shakespeare was born, for instance.
Now there is a new addition to Historic England’s esteemed register of listed structures – a children’s slide on a council estate in London.
The structure – designed by landscape architect Michael Brown – was built in the 1970s in Westminster and has been delighting children ever since.
The children’s slide on a council estate in London was designed by the landscape architect Michael Brown and built in the 1970s in Westminster
It is one of the last surviving play constructions from this period. Now it has cemented its place in history by being added to the National Heritage List with a Grade II-listing.
Historic England described the setting as ‘the most complete public housing project’ by Mr Brown and also complimented the play area’s complex brickwork.
It added that ‘very few items of play equipment have been listed, and this is a particularly ambitious and inventive creation’.
It was one of 24 parks, gardens and landscapes which were granted protection.
The Golden Lane Estate in the City of London is also on Historic England’s esteemed register of listed structures
The protected Golden Lane Estate in the City of London was built between 1953 and 1962
Campbell Park in Milton Keynes features a ‘Light Pyramid’ first lit for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012
Other places added to the list were Campbell Park in Milton Keynes which features a ‘Light Pyramid’ first lit for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012.
Also included is the Golden Lane Estate, Barbican, City of London, built between 1953 and 1962.
Duncan Wilson, from Historic England, said: ‘This project shines a light on some amazing landscapes that exist all over the country, celebrating how they enhance our lives.’