Completed in 1935, Lichfield Court consists of two Grade II Listed (January 27th 2004) purpose built blocks of flats in fine Streamline Moderne style, situated in Richmond, London. It is built on the site of Lichfield House which was reputedly designed by Christopher Wren

Christopher Wren

Sir Christopher Wren FRS is one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history.He used to be accorded responsibility for rebuilding 51 churches in the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666, including his masterpiece, St. Paul's Cathedral, on Ludgate Hill, completed in 1710...

 and built for the 1st Earl of Abergavenny and later became the palace for the Bishop of Lichfield. In 1901, it was the home of Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Mary Elizabeth Braddon was a British Victorian era popular novelist. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret.-Life:...

, the novelist. The house and grounds were acquired in 1933 by George Broadbridge and redeveloped into the present two blocks of flats.

The Company Estate Office and Porters’ Office are situated in the main lobby of the Major Block. The buildings are surrounded by estate grounds which are a mix of gardens and unallocated parking, the Major Block boasting a decorative inner courtyard garden and pond. Initially intended for the rental market, the flats conformed to six different types ranging from no-alcove studio flats to one and two alcove studios and to one to three bedroom flats, some with balconies.

Listed status

The buildings were awarded Grade 2 Listing in January 2004. The Twentieth Century Society

The Twentieth Century Society

The Twentieth Century Society is a British charity which campaigns for the preservation of architectural heritage from 1914 onwards. The society's interests extend to buildings or artefacts, whether important or humble, rare or commonplace, that characterise Twentieth Century Britain.The Sociey was...

 reported the listing, saying-

Mention in Serials

Lichfield Court was used as Gerda's flat in Agatha Christie's One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (novel)

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (novel)

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club in November 1940 and in US by Dodd, Mead and Company in February 1941 under the title of The Patriotic Murders. A paperback edition in the US by Dell books...

adaptation. http://www.tvlocations.net/buckleshoe.htm

External links

• Official site of Lichfield Court