Redevelopment of Regent’s Park Estate was planned by St.Pancras Borough Council in 1946, following extensive war damage across the area.
The first buildings were opened by the Duke of Edinburgh in 1955.
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In 1986 a new local Housing Office for Regent’s Park Estate was opened at 89C Robert Street. Local MP Frank Dobson called for a Local Repairs Team too:
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above: View north up Stanhope Street, 1996
above: View of Augustus House and Langdale, 1996
above: Aerial view of northern part of Regent’s Park Estate, 1996. The buildings in the foreground were, including Eskdale, Silverdale and Ainsdale (comprising 182 council-rented and leasehold homes) were compulsorily purchased by HS2 Ltd in 2015 and demolished to make way for HS2 railway cutting
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Recently refurbishment of some of these blocks have been carried out, but works to Mackworth House were cancelled and these are now in a poor condition, with dirty surfaces and inadequate fire doors:
above: photos of Mackworth House, October 2026
