Cleverly estate

An entrance to the estate

The Cleverly estate is a Peabody Trust housing estate in Shepherd's Bush, London, completed in 1928, and designed by Victor Wilkins.^[1] It was the first Peabody estate built with a bathroom in every flat, and has "the most elaborate exterior features" of any of their pre-war estates.^[1]

Bomb damage after a direct hit from a V1 rocket in 1945

On 14 February 1945, 30 residents were killed when the estate was struck by a V1 rocket.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b "Peabody through the ages". Peabody. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
^ https://web.archive.org/web/20150227043305/http://peabody150.org.uk/2012/02/cleverly-estate-under-attack/. Archived from the original on 2015-02-27. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Coordinates: 51°30′32″N 0°14′31″W / 51.509°N 0.242°W / 51.509; -0.242

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