Microbrewery at Summerstown, London Borough of Wandsworth.
Saturday, 30 September 2017
Friday, 29 September 2017
Ashby-Fenwick Memorial / Wandle Park
Late-C19 drinking fountain commemorating Robert Bloomfield Fenwick and Harry Pollard Ashby who were both residents of Wandle Park. Previously the grounds of Wandlebank House (1791-1962), the land was purchased for public ownership in 1907. A water-carrier statue was formerly displayed on the pedestal of this fountain. London Borough of Merton.
Thursday, 28 September 2017
Burtop Rd Estate / II
View from Garratt Lane of the Burtop Road Estate, built c.1970. London Borough of Wandsworth.
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
'Studio Diner' / SW17
Near Wimbledon Art Studios and Malcolm Ryan Studios on Riverside Road, London Borough of Wandsworth.
Tuesday, 26 September 2017
1A Skelbrook St / SW18
1st Architects LSE, c.2008. Two-storey, five-bedroom house with basement. Facing brickwork and horizontal timber cladding; profiled steel roof. Wandsworth Design Awards 2011 (Commended). Earlsfield, London Borough of Wandsworth.
Monday, 25 September 2017
Sunday, 24 September 2017
Rushmere Pond / Wimbledon
So-named because the area was once a plentiful source of rushes. These were used in the middle-ages and later as a replaceable covering for domestic earthen floors. London Borough of Merton.
Saturday, 23 September 2017
Firewalls / Wimbledon
View of electrical substation off Plough Lane, where there are National Grid 275kV transformers and UKPN 132kV transformers for the south London distribution network. London Borough of Merton.
Friday, 22 September 2017
War Memorial / Wimbledon
Designed by Charles Leonard Hartwell (sculptor) & Sir Thomas Graham Jackson (architect), 1912. Portland stone pillar on square plinth with stepped base. London Borough of Merton.
Thursday, 21 September 2017
Burtop Rd Estate / SW17
Pleasant vista through the Burtop Road Estate, built c.1970. London Borough of Wandsworth.
Tuesday, 19 September 2017
Copeland House / x3
Copeland House / SW17 |
Undercroft |
Southeast elevation |
(All pics CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Monday, 18 September 2017
Leather Bottle / SW17
Early C18 public house, brick built with tiled gambrel roof. Grade II listed. Garratt Lane, Earlsfield, London Borough of Wandsworth.
Sunday, 17 September 2017
MSCP / Neville Gill Cl
Corner detail of multi-storey car park at Neville Gill Close. Modern style, presumed built c.1971 along with what was the Arndale Centre in Wandsworth. London Borough of Wandsworth.
Saturday, 16 September 2017
140-142 Wandsworth High St / SW18
Grade II listed pair of C18 cottages, brick-built with tiled gambrel roofs. London Borough of Wandsworth.
Friday, 15 September 2017
W G Child & Sons / Tailors
Established 1890, since run by 5 generations of the Child family. Part of the town conservation area. 106 - 108 Wandsworth High Street, London Borough of Wandsworth.
Thursday, 14 September 2017
Park Bench / Battersea
Decorative metalwork on strap bench in Battersea Park. Originally designed in the mid-C19, although this is the traditional Victorian version in replica. London Borough of Wandsworth.
Wednesday, 13 September 2017
Pillar Box / Battersea Square
Architect: J W Penfold, 1866, although this example may be a replica — about 82 reproductions were made in 1988-9 for 'heritage' sites. London Borough of Wandsworth.
Tuesday, 12 September 2017
Palisade / King George's Park
Colour-coated steel palisade fence surrounding a section of King George's Park, London Borough of Wandsworth.
Monday, 11 September 2017
Ram / Wandsworth
Porch detail —design on stained glass— of the Spread Eagle public house on Wandsworth High Street. Just across the road from the historic Ram Brewery which is now under development into the Ram Quarter residential & retail. A brewery existed at this site from the C17 until 2006. London Borough of Wandsworth.
Sunday, 10 September 2017
St Paul's / Hammersmith
Architects: J. P. Seddon and H. R. Gough, 1883, in a Neo-Gothic style, Grade II* listed. West hall extension by Richard Griffiths Architects, 2011, RIBA Awards winner, 2012. London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham.
Saturday, 9 September 2017
The Filaments / SW18
Architects: Rolfe Judd, 2015, showing part of the "stacked cuboids" 16-storey residential tower. The district used to be home to a gas mantle factory, hence the new development's name. London Borough of Wandsworth.
Thursday, 7 September 2017
Henry Prince Estate / 3 pics
Wandle Way |
St John's Drive |
Clock |
(all 3 pics CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
Argento Tower / Wandsworth
Acanthus LW Architects, 2009. Up to 23-storey, curved residential tower, book-ending Southside Shopping Centre. Photographed from King George's Park. London Borough of Wandsworth.
Tuesday, 5 September 2017
Knowles House / Wandsworth
One of three residential high-rises built 1974 alongside an Arndale Centre. Renovated early C21 while the retail has been given a GBP90M reinvention into Southside Shopping Centre (Leslie Jones Architecture). London Borough of Wandsworth.
Monday, 4 September 2017
Sunday, 3 September 2017
St Gregory's RC Church / SW18
Architect: Lawrence Shattock, 1957, replacing an earlier church destroyed in a 1944 air raid. Here showing the exterior of one of the transcepts and a side-chapel. Built using pale yellow brick and reconstituted stone dressings, "compromised from the start by post-war building restrictions" [source: Taking Stock - Catholic Churches of England & Wales]. Earlsfield, London Borough of Wandsworth.
Saturday, 2 September 2017
Jubilee House / Putney
Architects: (thought to be) Richard Seifert and Partners, 1960/70s. Up to 10 storeys of offices now mainly occupied by the Metropolitan Police. This view from Putney Bridge Road. London Borough of Wandsworth.
Friday, 1 September 2017
Wine Van / SW19
Citroën H-Van outside Wimbledon Wine Cellar. Number plate suggests 1978/79 vintage. London Borough of Merton.
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