The estate now called St Georges Estate emerged with the acquisition of 2.27 acres of land bounded by The Highway, Cannon Street Road, Cable Street and Crowder Street, in 1961. The Greater London Council initiated the construction of the new estate with a 6-storey block of 69 dwellings later to be named Brockmer House. The relevant drawings can be found at the London Metropolitan Archives, for a PDF copy click here. The original project name was 'Crowder Street' suggesting that the name ‘St Georges Estate’ was adopted at a later date. Up to the late 1960’s St Georges Estate was called Swedenborg Square Site, probably in an attempt to avoid confusion with St Georges-in-the-East Hospital Site, which was an early 1960’s residential development in neighbouring Wapping.
The Housing Committee Report, dated 14 July 1964, states:
“We have approved proposals for the development as part of the Stepney-Poplar comprehensive development of a site, about 2.7 acres in extent, bounded by Cable Street, Betts Street, The Highway and Swedenborg Square.
