Parnell House - Residence - The historical aspects of Bloomsbury Village in London - We have adapted a cartoon map by Chris Halliday who was a young archiect in 1981 when he collaborated with a group of Oxford Poly Architects to map some of the history of what is now called Bloomsbury Village

Parnell House

Residence

he building was finished in 1850 and designed by noble Henry Roberts to provide decent housing for the working class. The balcony flats are built around a large open courtyard. There are amazing curved brick and plaster vaulted ceilings inside the flats.

The historical aspects of Bloomsbury Village in London

We have adapted a cartoon map by Chris Halliday who was a young archiect in 1981 when he collaborated with a group of Oxford Poly Architects to map some of the history of what is now called Bloomsbury Village