Images George Rex: March 2022

Thursday, 31 March 2022

Prince Arthur / NW1

Public House at 80-82 Eversholt Street, 3 storeys of timber and red brick with attractive fenestration. Records go back to 1851. London Borough of Camden.

Wednesday, 30 March 2022

Chelsea Bridge / 2022

Architects G.Topham Forrest et al of the LCC., 1937, Grade II listed in 2008. Viewed here from the London Borough of Wandsworth.

Tuesday, 29 March 2022

Lakeside / Battersea Park

Reflections on the boating lake, spring. Battersea Park, London Borough of Wandsworth.

Monday, 28 March 2022

Wyck Gardens / Loughborough Estate

Public park known as Wyck Gardens next to the Modernist residential blocks of the Loughborough Estate, built in the 1950s. London Borough of Lambeth.

Sunday, 27 March 2022

Architect: C F Porden in Greek Revival style, 1824. Grade II* listed. East view shows pediment over window, 2 Doric columns within belfry above, clock with Tower of the Winds likeness. London Borough of Lambeth.

Saturday, 26 March 2022

Southwyck House / West

Architect: Magda Borowiecka for Lambeth Council in the Brutalist style, 1981. Reminiscent of Byker Wall, the barrier was designed with a motorway scheme in mind which never got built. Brixton, London Borough of Lambeth.

Friday, 25 March 2022

Crownleigh Court / SW2

Four-storey block of eight flats in 1930s Moderne style. Concrete and brick construction with metal-framed windows and curved corners. Crownstone Road, London Borough of Lambeth.

Thursday, 24 March 2022

Model Village / Brockwell Park

Restored remains of a Model Village made and given to Brockwell Park by Edgar Wilson in 1947. London Borough of Lambeth.

Wednesday, 23 March 2022

The Temple / SE24

Architect thought to be D.R.Roper, 1812. This late Georgian building, with neo-classical portico and some Gothic extras, was originally a folly within the Brockwell Estate. London Borough of Lambeth.

Tuesday, 22 March 2022

Tritton Clock Tower / III

Manufactured by Gillett and Johnston, 1897, and restored by the same firm in 2014. Originally donated by Charles Ernest Tritton MP, to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. The tower is made of cast-iron and is listed Grade II. London Borough of Lambeth.

Old Rectory / SM5

Early C18, Queen Anne style exterior. Evidence in the basement of an earlier C16 building. First recorded clerical occupant was Rev. William Hollier circa 1726. [Source: A.E.Jones]. Grade II* listed. Carshalton, London Borough of Sutton.

Monday, 21 March 2022

Honeywood / SM5

Late C18, built around the core of an earlier cottage. Extensive alterations late C19. Grade II listed, now a museum. Carshalton, London Borough of Sutton.

Sunday, 20 March 2022

North Lodge / Carshalton

Grade II listed, C17 or earlier. Suggested that it might have once been the northern lodge to an estate known as Beechwood. 21 North St, Carshalton, London Borough of Sutton.

Saturday, 19 March 2022

Missenden / Steps

Architects: F.O. Hayes, H. P Trenton, D. Winch for Southwark Borough Council, c.1970. Housing within the Aylesbury Estate which is scheduled for demolition as part of a controversial regeneration. London Borough of Southwark.

Friday, 18 March 2022

Coniston House / SE5

Architect: Colin Lucas for the GLC, c.1966. One of five high-rise residential towers, interspersing one floor of one-bedroom apartments with three floors of two-bedroom apartments. Wyndham Estate, London Borough of Southwark.

Thursday, 17 March 2022

Michael Church / SW9

Built 1892 originally as a school. Now Michael Church, part of The New Church based on the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg. 131 Burton Road, London Borough of Lambeth.

Wednesday, 16 March 2022

St Michael & All Angels / IV

Architects: AHMM, project architect Peter Mayhew, 2014. Modernist church for St Michael and All Angels, All Souls and Emmanuel Parish. The church and free-standing spire are clad in white brick. Wyndham Road, London Borough of Southwark.

Tuesday, 15 March 2022

St Michael & All Angels / SE5

Monday, 14 March 2022

Bandstand / Myatt's Fields Park

Grade II listed bandstand built c.1894. Brick plinth with blue-painted timber railings. Eight cast-iron columns supporting a steeply-curving tiled roof, topped by an ogee lead cupola with ball finial. Myatt's Fields Park, London Borough of Lambeth.

Saturday, 12 March 2022

Elmore House / SW9

Six-storey block containing 63 dwellings, designed by the LCC Architect's Department, Housing Division, 1955. Part of the Loughborough Estate development which provided over 1,000 dwellings in medium and low-rise modernist blocks of flats and maisonettes. Loughborough Junction, London Borough of Lambeth.

Friday, 11 March 2022

Woolley House / SW9

LCC Architect's Department, Housing Division, 1955, part of the Loughborough Estate council housing development. The estate provided over 1,000 dwellings in medium and low-rise modernist blocks of flats and maisonettes. Loughborough Junction, London Borough of Lambeth.

Thursday, 10 March 2022

FQG / Brighton

Fishing Quarter Gallery at 261 Kings Road Arches. City of Brighton & Hove, Sussex.

Wednesday, 9 March 2022

Brighton Centre / BN1

Russell Diplock & Associates for Brighton Borough Council, 1977. Brutalist style conference and exhibition centre. City of Brighton & Hove, Sussex, UK.

Tuesday, 8 March 2022

Moorgreen House / Detail

Architects: Renton Howard Wood Levin for the GLC, built 1972-1976. Part of the Earlstoke Estate, London Borough of Islington.

Sunday, 6 March 2022

Basterfield House / 2022

Grade II listed block of 54 maisonettes, designed by Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, completed 1956. Part of the Golden Lane Estate, City of London.

Saturday, 5 March 2022

Vents / City Road Basin Head

Architects: Bennetts Associates 2008/9. A major electricity sub-station was covered over and air-circulation provided by these ventilators. London Borough of Islington.

Friday, 4 March 2022

Three Corners Centre / Michael Cliffe House

In foreground, Three Corners mixed-use community building designed by Shillam & Smith, c.2010. Behind is Michael Cliffe House, 25-storey residential tower designed by Franck & Deeks, 1967. London Borough of Islington.

Wednesday, 2 March 2022

St James Clerkenwell / West Door

Architect: James Carr, 1790. West doorway with rusticated voussoirs, Portland stone. Clerkenwell Close, London Borough of Islington.

Tuesday, 1 March 2022

Clerkenwell Green / EC1

With view of the Church of St James, designed by James Carr, 1792. London Borough of Islington.