Holyrood estate

For the royal park and former hunting estate in Edinburgh, see Holyrood Park.

The Holyrood estate is a housing estate in Southampton, England. It was constructed as a new city district to replace a slum bombed in World War II, and designed by Lyons Israel Ellis, who later designed Wyndham Court. Owen Hatherley describes the estate as a "straightforward scattering of low and medium-rise Modernist blocks, using the soft-Brutalist vernacular of stock-brick and concrete." Hatherley praises the estate's layout over its aesthetic.^[1] The estate is situated between Queensway to the west and Threefield Lane to the east, and Bernard Street to the south and Lime Street to the north.

In 2009, a series of metal sculptures were erected around the estate in tribute to the area's role in the history of Southampton.^[2] Holyrood Church, which was damaged in World War II, now serves as a memorial to the Merchant Navy.^[1] In 2012 seven tiled murals depicting scenes from Southampton's history were installed on the estate's blocks, to be visible from main roads.^[3][4]

R&B musician Craig David, who was born in 1981, grew up in the Holyrood estate.^[5]