'Holly' / Kenny Wapshott

Steel sculpture of 2004, representing the holly logo of the John Innes Society. John Innes Park, London Borough of Merton.

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Herringbone Brick / SW19

Architect: Sydney Brocklesby, 1909, in the Arts and Crafts style. Public Conveniences situated in John Innes Park. Timber framed with herringbone brick infill, decorative metalwork over glazing, double-pitched tile roof. Locally listed. London Borough of Merton. 

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Bandstand / John Innes Park

Architect: Sydney Brocklesby, 1909. Small bandstand made of brick, timber and tile, with ornamental ironwork weathervane. Locally listed. John Innes Park, London Borough of Merton. 

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Arch / John Innes Park

Architect: Henry Quartermain, c.1880. Folly archway of intricate brick construction, spanning what was the entrance drive to the Manor House. Now in John Innes public park. London Borough of Merton. 

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Park Lodge / SW19

Architect: Henry Quartermain, 1890, in the Domestic Revival style, originally as the entrance lodge to John Innes' Manor House and grounds. After the sponsor's death, the grounds were laid out as a public park which was opened in 1909. The lodge is locally listed as 21a Mostyn Rd. John Innes Park, London Borough of Merton.

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Christ Church / Southwark

Architects: R. Paxton Watson and Barry Costin, 1957-9, in a Modern Romanesque-influenced style, replacing the church on this site which was destroyed in 1941 by incendiary bombing. Concrete frame with brick infill and stone dressings, barrel-vaulted copper-clad roof, tower with louvred belfry. Grade II listed. 27 Blackfriars Road, London Borough of Southwark. 

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Be More You / SE1

Street art by Jelly J Artist. The Cut, London Borough of Southwark.

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The Ceramic Building / III

Architects: SPPARC, 2021. 20-storey tower over a 3-storey podium between Newington Causeway and Tiverton Street. Previously called The Kite. Intended to provide 140 hotel rooms, 48 apartments and ground-level retail. London Borough of Southwark. 

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Blackfriars / Rail Bridge

Refurbished 2013 including platform extension and PV roof panels, architect Will Alsop (1947-2018) for Thameslink. The original railway bridge was designed by John Wolfe-Barry and Henry Marc Brunel, 1886. Viewed from London Borough of Southwark. 

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Square Mile / Apr '21

 

View of the office towers in the City of London, seen from the south bank of the Thames in the London Borough of Southwark. 

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Doggett's / SE1

Public house built 1976 in the Brutalist style, with a name reaching back over three centuries. Doggett's Coat & Badge is a rowing race dating from 1715 and still held annually. The pub, with good views of the Thames, is at 1 Blackfriars Bridge and earlier incarnations were around from 1791. London Borough of Southwark.

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Southwark Station / SE1

Architect: Sir Richard MacCormac (MJP Architects), 1999. The entrance shown here was designed for subsequent over-station development. Recently AHMM have received approval for a hefty 17 storey hybrid steel frame and cross-laminated timber (CLT) office building to envelop this entrance. London Borough of Southwark.

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Styles House / SE1

Twelve floor residential tower built 1965 by W.Willet for the then Southwark Metropolitan Borough Council. Constructed of brick on concrete frame with 4 flats per storey. Substantial redevelopment is imminent between the tower and Southwark underground station. 1-48 Hatfields, London Borough of Southwark.

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The Albert Arms / SE1

Corner public house at the junction of Garden Row and Gladstone Street. Built c.1850 and now in the West Square Conservation Area's "Albert Triangle". London Borough of Southwark.

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Elephant & Castle / 2021

Contentious demolition of the 1965 shopping centre, designed by Boissevain & Osmond. The International Style office block above, known as Hannibal House, even now shows its design pedigree compared to the gold-embellished residential block that has recently been erected. London Borough of Southwark.

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Stable Yard / East Wall

East elevation of the Stable Yard at Morden Hall Park. Predominantly London stocks forming a blind wall of piers and large recesses. Plinth in English bond with Flemish bond above. Dentils of red and yellow brick under the eaves. Built c.1879 for Gilliat Hatfeild Snr., recently restored, unlisted. London Borough of Merton.

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Morden Cottage / II

Grade II listed villa of late C18 to early C19. Painted weatherboard cladding to south and east elevations. Now occupied by the London Acorn School. Morden Hall Park Estate, London Borough of Merton. 

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42 Station Rd / SW19

Detail of a street art mural on a cycling and re-cycling theme. By AeroArts, 2021. London Borough of Merton.

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Morden Hall / II

Manor House built some time between 1759 and 1765 for Richard Garth. Later extension. Grade II listed. London Borough of Merton. 

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Water Mill / Morden Hall

Grade II listed eastern block of former snuff mill, c.1750. Iron water wheel (restored) attached to west face. Morden Hall Park, London Borough of Merton.

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Wandle / Dairy

East of the Stable Yard at Morden Hall Park and facing the river Wandle. An Ordnance Survey map of 1856 shows a building here and this might be the same one. Single storey, made of stock brick with red-brick string courses. Slate gable roof with ornamental clover-leaf ridge tiles. Unlisted but close to the listed snuff mill buildings; now appears to be used for storage. London Borough of Merton. 

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School House / Mitcham

Former Sunday and National Schools, originally built 1788 and extended throughout C19. Grade II listed. The building is now used for flats and artists' studios. Lower Green West, Mitcham, London Borough of Merton.

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St Nicholas / Tooting

Architect: T W Atkinson, 1833 rebuild in the Neo-Gothic style using gault brick with stone dressings. Grade II listed. Church of St Nicholas, Church Lane, Tooting, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Magnolia / Oaks Park

Oaks Park, London Borough of Sutton.

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Studio 9 / Oaks Park

East elevation of one of the artists' studios at Oaks Park. Brick built in the C18/C19 and Grade II listed. These were formerly outbuildings of The Oaks, a villa that once belonged to the Earl of Derby. The villa was demolished in the 1950s after war damage. London Borough of Sutton. 

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The Olive Tree / III

Lapsed pizzeria near Tooting railway station. Now transforming into the Fireaway & Grill. London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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St Boniface Tooting / II

Architect: Benedict Williamson, 1907 (completed 1927), in Venetian Romanesque style. Brick campanile with stone banding around the belfry. Grade II listed. Catholic Church of St Boniface, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Danger of Death / SW17

Decorated electricity substation at Church Lane car park, Tooting. Original work (now partly defaced) by street artist Will Impey, commissioned by Hubbub/#NeatStreets. London Borough of Wandsworth.

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St Mary Merton / II

Grade II* listed parish church founded in 1115 by Gilbert, Sheriff of Surrey. Much altered over the centuries including additional aisles in the Victorian era. Church of St Mary the Virgin, Merton Park, London Borough of Merton. 

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Norman Arch / SW19

Grade II listed archway constructed in the late-C12, possibly part of the former Hospitium (visitor accommodation) of Merton Priory. Re-sited here in 1935 after being hidden under plaster for many years. Merton Park, London Borough of Merton.

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St Mary / Merton

Grade II* listed parish church founded in 1115 by Gilbert, Sheriff of Surrey. Much altered over the centuries including additional aisles in the Victorian era. Church of St Mary the Virgin, Merton Park, London Borough of Merton.

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34-42 Castle St / Farnham

Row of Georgian and Victorian (39-41) houses, all Grade II listed. Farnham, Borough of Waverley, Surrey, UK. 

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