BARBICAN ESTATE

Its garden flats face the largest garden on the estate.

NAMED AFTER

Sir Thomas More, lawyer, statesman and saint (1478–1535). He was born in Milk Street. He called himself the King's good servant, but God's first.

WHERE

The block lies along Thomas More Garden. Living rooms above the podium face south over the tennis courts of a girls' school. The north side looks over the garden.

INSIDE

Three storeys of garden flats sit below the podium, the lowest ones studios. Penthouses crown the top.

WAY IN

Glazed doors on Thomas More Highwalk, and gates onto the garden