Saturday 30 September 2017

Beer Hall / SW17

Microbrewery at Summerstown, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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

Ornamental / SW17

By the river Wandle, London Borough of Wandsworth. 



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
Likely to have been a local authority development of the late 1960s. It consists of 114 units in one eight-storey, one three-storey and two six-storey blocks, each block elevated on concrete piles.
Southeast elevation
Part of the southeast side-elevation of Copeland House, with shuttered concrete decoration. This aspect also reveals the 'scissor section' arrangement of the apartments within. London Borough of Wandsworth. 
(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

203 Battersea Church Rd / SW11

London Borough of Wandsworth 

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
LCC housing estate built 1938 in Earlsfield, next to the river Wandle. London Borough of Wandsworth. 
(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

W Austin / SW18

Garratt Lane, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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.