Thursday, 22 February 2024

Katherine Low Settlement / SW11

Red brick with stone dressings and green glazed brick at ground level, this being an extension to the adjacent Grade II listed building of the C18. Stone plaque indicates rebuilt in 1905 (architect: J.S.Quilter). Formerly known as the Cedars it was once one of several large residences on Battersea High Street. A clergy house by 1882 serving as a base for social workers for the deprived area. Occupied in 1923 by the Katherine Low Settlement which remains a charity for local social needs. At Battersea High St and Orville Road, London Borough of Wandsworth.
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