Pullman Court was designed in 1933 by Frederick Gibberd, a renowned British modernist architect.
Frederick Gibberd Architects were appointed to design one of the chief examples of International Modern style developments in Britain, located in Streatham Hill. The design of 218 flats with a variety of one to four room units are organised over three blocks bound by a belt of mature trees to diminish noise disruption.
The building is a pioneering piece of architecture,deriving from the ideas of the international modernist movement of the 1930s, 5-7 Streatham Hill, Pullman Court notably the Bauhaus style fromGermany. One of the few early examples of this style of architecture in the country.
It is a Grade II* listed built with the latest amenities, such as roof terraces, a swimming pool, restaurant, landscaped grounds and lock-up garages.
The flats were well equipped with the latest mod-cons and stylish furniture designed by Gibberd. The most impressive part of the Court are the blocks fronting the High Road, with their geometric look and glazed stair wells projecting out and above the blocks like towers. The rear block has seven storeys while the side blocks, which flank the main driveway, are five storeys.
Note the modernistic use of metalwork, particularly along the roofline and the projecting balconies. Architecturally, one of the most important 20th century buildings in London. Originally, the development was to be called Relay House, built on the site of the Royal Asylum of St. Anne’s Society, an imposing classical styled building erected in 1826.
