Camden brings in Levitt Bernstein to protect Alexandra Road

Alexandra Road kitchen by Sara Bell1

Source: Sara Bell

Council responds to heritage groups’ outrage

Camden council has reappointed Levitt Bernstein to oversee all future work at Alexandra Road.

The move comes in response to concerns reported in BD that refurbishment work currently being carried out at the grade II*-listed Neave Brown landmark flats amounted to “vandalism”.

Original kitchens have been torn out and Twentieth Century Society caseworker Grace Etherington reported that historic fabric was being discarded despite the listed building consent requiring salvageable material to be retained for reuse.

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