Composition
The estate comprises four and six-storey blocks arranged around central traffic-free squares, some connected by covered bridges:
- Ballin Court, named after Louise Sakina Ballin wife of Joseph d'Aguilar Samuda
- Yarrow House, named after Alfred Fernandez Yarrow (1842–1932), an engineer who set up Folly Shipyard
- Pinnace House
- Reef House
- Hedley House, named after Joseph Hedley, one time partner of Alfred Yarrow
- Talia House
- Halyard House
- Dagmar Court
- Kelson House, by the riverside, is a 25–storey tower of interlocking maisonettes, arranged on three levels in a fashion derived from Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation (1947–52).
The LDDC built the Samuda Community Centre for the estate in 1986, at a cost of £350,000. In 2004 the Samuda Estate Local Management Organisation distributed a paper calling for the refurbishment of the derelict underground garages as potential business units, with a multi-faith prayer facility, Tower Hamlets Community Recycling Consortium, and a workshop area for Local Labour in Construction.
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