St George's Estate begins west of Cannon Street Road and is sited between Cable Street and The Highway. It comprises three tower blocks (Shearsmith House, Hatton House and Stockholm House), a number of medium rise, five storey blocks (Brockmer House, Betts House and Noble Court) and low rise terraces (Swedenborg terraced houses, Swedenborg bungalows and Swedenborg flats).

The main part begun in 1963 by the London County Council (LCC) and completed in 1970s by the Greater London Council (GLC), is a mature example of the principle of mixed development first adopted in the 1950s, built just before this type of housing went out of favour. The three high rise towers are among the tallest on the Country Council's post-war estates. They form part of a confident Brutalist composition with ranges of maisonettes - Brockmer House and Noble Court - and lower housing, making use of contrasting textures of dark brick, pebbly-faced concrete, and white boarding. Garaging, a novelty in the 1960s, is contrieved below raised terraces over-looking a small park which extends south to The Highway.

The 1960s St George’s Estate replaced the magnificent Georgian Houses in Prince’s and Wellclose Square. However, to commemorate the close links between the area and Sweden, parts of the Estate were named with this in mind: Swedenborg Gardens, Stockholm House and nearby Solander Gardens.

The estate swept away, to the dismay of many, the Swedenborg Square, which was badly damaged during the Blitz. The square once contained a chapel for Swedish merchants, built in 1729 and demolished in 1920. The scientist and theologian Emanuel Swedenborg was burried there in 1772. On the 140th anniversary of his death, in 1912/1913, his earthly remains were transferred to Upsalla Cathedral in Sweden, where they now rest. In 1917, the Swedish Church was demolished and the Swedish community that had grown around the parish moved to West London. A local road and a square, which no longer exist, had been renamed Swedenborg Gardens in his honour. Swedenborg  Square use to be  very close to where Stockholm House stands today. In 1997 a garden, play area and memorial near to the road was created in his memory. His name survives today in Swedenborg Gardens.