Dallington Street began life in the 1770s as Allen Street. Allen Street was named after Thomas Allen, one of the leaseholders in the area at the time who had a gardening business. In 1937 Allen Street was renamed Dallington Street. Dallington was a 17th-century Master of the Charterhouse.
No. 1 Dallington Street is an artistically designed office development with an extravagantly curved façade in glass-block panels. It was designed by James Lambert Architects for Dallington Lofts Ltd and built in 2001,
No. 2 Dallington Street contains Enclave Court – an accurate name, because it is set well back from the road with metal gates through which you can only glimpse white-painted buildings beyond. It looks as if there are 22 flats there. It was built in 2001 for Dallington Lofts Ltd and it was also designed by James Lambert Architects. This is a big courtyard development. The building at the front is faced in light-coloured stock brick.
No. 9 Dallington Street is a red-brick warehouse, built 1909 for Reginald Filmer, a folding-box manufacturer, although its minimalist lines make it look more modern.
No. 9A Dallington Street was originally built in 1964, as a factory for Lumos & Co, who were tableware manufacturers. In 2001 it was converted into flats.
No. 10 Dallington Street was originally a warehouse called Kenroy House and built in 1866-7. In 2003-5 CYZ Ltd turned it into a block of 14 flats but their architects, GML preserved the original façade. No. 11 Dallington Street – called St Paul’s Buildings – contains a further 29 flats, and No. 12 Dallington Street– called Domeq House – has 8 flats.
Nos 28–31 Dallington Street was a collection of buildings and business uses from the early 1900s, including stables, stores for the Cannon Brewery and chemical manufacturers. The premises were rebuilt in 1958 and then occupied by a firm of office equipment suppliers. In 1998 it was converted into maisonettes and mews flats as ‘Dallington Square’, to designs by Campbell & Campbell, architects.
No. 32 Dallington Street is a big warehouse which was built in 1962 on a former bombsite.
They have certainly improved Dallington Street since this photo was taken in 1999.
