STOCKWELL PARK CRESCENT AREA
In 1806 the land covered by Stockwell Park
Crescent and part of Stockwell Park Road,
formerly part of Stockwell Manor, was purchased
by Edward Shewell, who then lived in Clapham
Road, from John Bedwell, (ref. 26) the heir of Benjamin
Robertson (see page 91). Though the northern
part of Stockwell Park Road was laid out about
1832, development was delayed until after Shewell's death and was carried out by William Cox of
Kennington, who purchased part of the estate in
1838. (ref. 26)
Nos. 44 and 46 Stockwell Park Road
and Nos. 2 and 4 Stockwell Park
Crescent
Formerly Nos. 32 and 34 Stockwell Park Road and Nos.
1 and 2 Park Crescent
These houses (Plate 57) are grouped at the
northern junction of the two roads, and though
not identical they have similar characteristics
which suggest they are the work of the same
builder. Nos. 44, 46 (ref. 54) and 4 were let by Cox in
1840 and No. 2 was let by him in 1841, for
terms of 85 years, and as John Notley, a local
builder, was a party to the lease of No. 44 he
may have built all four houses. (ref. 36) They are all
three-storey villas but whereas Nos. 44 and 46
are detached and have Ionic porches placed
centrally, Nos. 2 and 4 are joined by a two-storey
link containing their entrances. The side elevations of Nos. 44 and 46 and the fronts of Nos. 2
and 4 are stucco-faced and have an attractive
late Regency flavour. The angles are emphasized
by pilasters with incised Soanic frets, and the roof
gable-ends are treated as open pediments containing small lunette windows. The other villas
about the crescent are detached or in pairs. Some
are stuccoed and treated similarly to Nos. 2 and 4;
others are of stock brick and adorned with Greek
detail—wreathed friezes over porches, Ionic
columned entrances and hooded windows carried
on consoles. The houses in Stockwell Park Road
include many similar to those in the Crescent with
a fair admixture of later houses which includes
the large twin-gable fronted vicarage of St.
Michael's.
Nos. 14–24 (even) Stockwell Park
Crescent
Formerly Nos. 7–12 (consec.) Ben Lomond Place, Park
Crescent
These houses exemplify the plainer variety of
brick villa in the Crescent. They were erected
at the costs of John Mackenzie of Crown Street,
Westminster, bookbinder, in association with
Frances Harrison, spinster, both of whom had
building leases from William Cox in 1840–1. (ref. 36)
Nos. 14 and 24 each bear a tablet “BEN LOMOND PLACE 1841”.
That part of Stockwell Park Road south of
Robsart Street was built on part of the Angell
estate called Long Field towards the end of the
1840s. (ref. 55) South of its junction with Robsart
Street there are two cottages ornés, Nos. 86 and 99
(formerly Nos. 74 and 91, originally Vernon
Cottage and Rodney Cottage), which have ornamented barge-boards to the gables of their central
entrances and to the second-floor dormer windows.
The Friendly Almshouses, Stockwell
Park Road
The Friendly Female Society was founded in
1802 for the relief of aged women living within
ten miles of St. Paul's. At first relief was given
by means of small pensions to women living in
their own houses, but in 1823 five almshouses for
the accommodation of twenty women were built
in the parish of Camberwell, and in 1863 seven
houses accommodating 28 women were built on
the east side of Stockwell Park Road. (ref. 56) They
were built fronting the road, and not on the more
usual quadrangular plan for almshouses. In 1940
and 1941 the houses were extensively damaged by
enemy action, and in 1947–8 a new block
was built to replace several of the old houses.
Leslie Wyatt was the architect, and Messrs.
Mitchell the builders. (ref. 57)
St. Michael's Church, Stockwell Park
Road
The site for this church was freely given in
1839 by William Cox (ref. 58) to the Commissioners
appointed by the Act of 1818 for building additional churches in populous parishes. (ref. 59) William
Rogers' design for the church was approved early
in 1840, and to ensure that the building would be
“substantially and honestly executed” Rogers was
careful not to bind the Commissioners to accept
the lowest tender. John Jay, of London Wall,
was the builder selected, the estimated cost being
£4,819 16s. 4d. (including commission, and
salary for a clerk-of-works), of which sum £2,000
were to be provided by the Metropolitan Churches
Fund. (ref. 58) The building was consecrated by the
Bishop of Winchester on November 18, 1841,
and a district was assigned in 1845.
Figure 30:
St. Michael's, Stockwell Park
Road, plan
The church (Plate 14a, fig. 30) as originally
designed consisted of a wide nave with galleried
aisles to the north and south, flanked by side
chapels. An apsidal extension at the west end
now forms the chancel, but the altar was originally
placed within the arcaded base of the hexagonal
steeple at the east end, being almost obscured
from the congregation by the high pulpit. The
steeple, placed axially with Lorn Road, is flanked
by small vestries and octagonal lobbies added
shortly after the completion of the building.
In 1880 a faculty was obtained to re-orientate
the internal arrangements. The altar was then
transferred to the west end, the porch there being
demolished and the doorway built up. (ref. 60) Open
pews replaced the box pews and the west gallery
was removed, the organ being re-erected in the
south aisle.
There are two inscribed tablets set in the tower
buttresses. The first records the renewal of the
pinnacles and the repair of the exterior in 1896,
and the second records the internal renovation of
1920, carried out by the architect A. R. Powys.
The church was severely damaged by a flying
bomb in June 1944 and after its restoration by
Thomas F. Ford was re-dedicated in 1952.
In every respect this is a typical Commissioners'
“Gothic” church—that is to say, a capacious
preaching-box with galleries, built of brick and
meagrely dressed with stone detail of a wiry Early
English character. Architectural interest centres
on the east elevation, closing the vista along Lorn
Road. This is a symmetrical composition balanced
about the tower and spire of hexagonal plan, one
half of which projects beyond the east wall of the
nave. Each face of the tower is gabled and contains in its upper part a group of three lancets,
one large glazed light between two blind arches.
The angles are emphasized by offset buttresses
rising to octagonal pinnacles. The present somewhat abrupt transition from tower to spire is due
to the removal, in 1930, of the flying buttresses
and inner ring of pinnacles at the base of the spire.
Each flanking face of the nave wall contains a
lancet group similar to those in the tower, and
the parapet is sloped to accord with the roof pitch.
The east end of each side chapel was treated as a
low tower with an arcaded top stage and corner
pinnacles, but these embellishments have been
removed.
The interior has a spidery elegance due to the
use of slender shafted columns of cast-iron for the
arcades supporting the galleries and roof. The
structural timbers of the roof were originally
exposed but they are now concealed by a false
ceiling. The windows of single lancet form
generally have clear glazing, the exceptions being
the five windows of the apse and the west windows
in the side chapels. The stained glass for these
was designed by John Trinick.
STOCKWELL GREEN AREA
Though there are few buildings in the neighbourhood which are even a hundred years old
the centre of interest for the history of Stockwell
Manor and hamlet still lies in the Stockwell
Green area. The “stoc” or wood probably disappeared in the 17th century but there is still evidence of the plentiful supply of water which gave
the name of Stockwell its second component. On
Stockwell Green there used to be a public well at
the south-west corner (ref. 25) and there are still two
wells on the site of Stockwell Congregational
Church and two on the site of Hammerton's
Brewery. The Barrett family's house in Stockwell Road opposite the Green was supplied with
“remarkable fine water” from a spring nearby. (ref. 61)
This house was on the site of the old manor
house which stood about sixty yards from the road
and faced the northern extremity of the Green.
Legend connects the manor house with Thomas
Cromwell who may indeed have stayed there when
it was in the hands of Henry VIII. In 1580
when it was leased to Henry Store for 1,000 years
(see page 82) the house was surrounded by a moat
and its gardens and orchards contained about
four acres.
The leasehold interest in the manor house
which had been acquired by Francis Gofton was
sold by him in 1640 to Samuel Lewes with about
42 acres of land. (ref. 62) The house was demolished shortly before 1756 and the lease was
purchased in 1770 by Isaac Barrett, wax-chandler. (ref. 63) Barrett erected a large mansion on the site,
but this was pulled down in the middle of the 19th
century. Some parts of the moat, which was
alleged to have been 30–40 feet wide, (ref. 64) were still
visible at the beginning of the 19th century. (ref. 61)
The chapel built by Sir John Leigh stood a
little to the south of the moat. (ref. 61) In 1598, when
it was excepted from the sale of the Manor to
George Chute, it had lately been demised to John
Turbervile. (ref. 14) It was apparently still standing in
1801 when it was described as “a very antique
building”. (ref. 61)
Public Houses, Stockwell Road
There are four public houses in Stockwell
Road which are still known by the names of
older inns on whose sites they stand. The Swan
at the corner of Clapham and Stockwell Roads
was rebuilt at the end of the 18th century (ref. 61) and
again quite recently. Both the Swan and the
Plough, on the west side of the road, are men-
tioned in a deed of 1781. (ref. 25) The Old Queen's
Head was rebuilt in 1882, (ref. 65) but a water-colour
drawing of the old inn shows it as a long two-storey weather-boarded building lying back from
the road. (ref. 66) The youngest of the four and the
least altered is the New Queen's Head on the
west side of the road. It was probably erected at
the same time as the houses adjoining it on the
south in 1786. (ref. 61)
Stockwell College, Stockwell Road
This college was founded by the British and
Foreign School Society in 1859, the foundation
stone being laid by Lord Granville. It was
opened in 1861 by Lord John Russell. In 1843
the Society had admitted 20 women students into
the Borough Road Training College, and from
that time the number had increased until it was
considered desirable to establish a separate college
for them. Some 75 students were transferred to
new premises on the east side of Stockwell Road
in 1861; new practising schools were erected and
in 1864 a kindergarten school was added. Further
enlargements were made in 1871 and 1884. In
1922 the practising schools provided accommodation for 700 children. Training in Froebel
methods was a prominent feature of the work of
the college. In 1935 Stockwell College moved to
its present home at the Old Palace, Bromley;
the old site is now covered by blocks of flats. (ref. 67)
Stockwell Park House and the Brixton
Tabernacle, Stockwell Road
Part of the estate in Stockwell Manor leased
to Henry Store in 1580 included 11 acres called
Harris Field and Long Field. They were sublet by Store together with a house erected by
himself, to Nicholas Juxe or Jukes of Lambeth,
yeoman, for 996 years. In 1702 both fields were
purchased by Nicholas Hookes who conveyed
them in the following year to Elizabeth Angell. (ref. 68)
This transaction probably represented a marriage
settlement on Nicholas Hookes's daughter Caroline who married Elizabeth Angell's son John.
On part of Harris Field opposite Stockwell Common at the west end of the present Stockwell Park
Walk, John Angell erected a large house. (ref. 69)
The house later became known as Stockwell
Park House, and the pleasure grounds attached to
it extended as far as Brixton Road; they included
Harris Field, Long Field and ten acres of copyhold land held of Lambeth Manor. (ref. 70) John
Angell junior lived in the house after his father's
death and stipulated in his will that either Stockwell or Crowhurst should be the chief residence
of the family. (ref. 71) In 1790 his heir's widow leased
the house to Thomas James of Stamford Street. (ref. 72)
There is a plan of the house and grounds drawn
in 1803, when part of the garden comprising the
ten acres of Lambeth Manor copyhold was sold. (ref. 22)
By 1826 the house had been turned into a school; (ref. 73)
it was pulled down about 1882 when Benedict
and Speenham Roads were made. (ref. 74)
The Brixton Tabernacle, Stockwell Road, was
erected on the site of the front garden of Stockwell
Park House. Building began in 1883 (ref. 33) and the
chapel was opened on May 11, 1884. It is a dull
pedimented building of red brick, with detail
suggesting Jacobean influence.
Nos. 40–46 (even) Stockwell Road
Formerly Nos. 15–18 (consec.) Stockwell Place
These are some of the oldest surviving houses
in Stockwell Road and were erected between 1781
and 1788 (ref. 38) for Benjamin Robertson, (ref. 75) who purchased part of Stockwell Manor from Edward
Thornycroft (see page 82). Originally there were
nine pairs of houses and they were probably all
erected by local craftsmen, two of whom were
Joseph Buckmaster, plumber and glazier, and
Samuel Burrows, plasterer, both of Lambeth. (ref. 76)
Those remaining are plain grey brick houses,
three storeys high above semi-basements, with
plain parapets. Each house has a wing, of one or
two storeys, containing a deep-set round-headed
entrance. The gauged flat arches to the windows
are of yellow brick. Benjamin Robertson also
raised a botanical garden on part of his estate in
Stockwell, though its exact site is not known. In
his will, dated 1800, he left all his freehold estates
to trustees, who included Adrias Hardy Haworth
of Chelsea, William Acton of Kew, Alexander
McLeay, secretary of the Linnaean Society, and
Alexander Malcolm, a local nurseryman, to
maintain and improve the garden which was to
be called “Stockwell Botanic Garden founded by
Benjamin Robertson Esq.” After Robertson's
death, however, this devise was held to be void and
by a decree in Chancery dated July 6, 1801 his
real estate was ordered to be vested in his next-of-kin. It was consequently divided in 1805 between his sister Esther, wife of William Moore,
and his other sister's son, John Bedwell. (ref. 25)
King George's House, Stockwell Road
Formerly Ingram House
This building was opened in 1905 as a residential club for young men; (ref. 77) it was subsequently
used by the Y.W.C.A. and as a private residential
club for ladies. Since 1937 it has been used by the
John Benn Boys' Hostels Association for the
accommodation of boys between the ages of 14
and 18 without a home in London. (ref. 78) The
architect was Arthur T. Bolton and the builders
were Rudd and Son. (ref. 33)
The building is skilfully planned in the form
of a St. Andrew's cross, so that there are no
internal courts and every room has a good outlook.
As originally arranged it contained 208 bedrooms
and many club-rooms including a dining-hall,
lounge, library and smoking-room, together with
such recreational facilities as a gymnasium, billiard-room, fives-courts, tennis-courts and a miniature rifle-range. This accommodation is arranged
in a semi-basement and lofty principal storey
for the club-rooms, with four uniform storeys
of bedrooms above. The exterior is an impressive design, reflecting its author's deep interest
in the work of Vanbrugh. It is almost entirely carried out in brickwork, generally stock,
above a plum-coloured base and with red dressings.
The large windows of the lower storeys are
generally arch-headed. The flush-framed sashes
of the bedroom windows are grouped in twos or
threes within the framework of a giant order of
Doric pilasters, the top-storey windows being
contained within the high frieze of the triglyphed
entablature.
Stockwell Primary School, Stockwell
Road
This school was built for the London School
Board. The contractor was W. Brass of Old
Street, whose tender for a school for 828 children
was for £8,416. (ref. 79) The school was opened on
August 13,1877. (ref. 32) The architect was probably
E. R. Robson, but T. J. Bailey remodelled the
school in 1902. (ref. 31) It is a three-storey brick building with a narrow frontage to the road.
Nos. 15–19 (consec.) Stockwell Lane
Formerly Nos. 6–2 (consec.) Park Place
Like Garden Close on the opposite side of
Stockwell Road, Stockwell (formerly Love) Lane
still retains a faintly rural air. It is a narrow
thoroughfare with houses on the north side only.
Nos. 15 to 19 are terrace houses of three storeys
above a basement, having simply designed fronts
of stock brick. The paired doorways are dressed
with wooden architraves and hoods supported on
moulded brackets. The rendered reveals of the
windows suggest that they once contained flush
frames, while the details of the internal woodwork
point to a building date of about 1750. The wall
face of the top storey appears to be later than the
rest and might replace a roof attic.
Nos. 10 and 11 Stockwell Lane
Formerly Rose Cottage and White Rose Cottage
These houses stand back at the end of the lane.
They are a pair of two-storeyed cottages built of
stock and plum-coloured brick; they share a front
crowned with a pediment which has a recessed
quatrefoil in its tympanum. The first-floor windows are underlined by a continued sill-band, and
the doorways have neat fanlights.
No. 28 Sidney Road
This house stood at the east end of, and faced,
Stockwell Lane; it was demolished in 1952
(fig. 31). At the time of its demolition it must
have been the oldest house then standing in
Stockwell, for it was probably erected early in
the 18th century. It stood on part of the land let
with the manor house to Henry Store in 1580, (ref. 80)
and was probably built as two houses. (fn. a) In the
19th century it was certainly used as two houses,
which were called Grove House and Burnley
House respectively. (ref. 80) They each contained a
basement, two storeys, and an attic within a
mansard roof. Sharing a uniform front of stock
brick, each house was three windows wide; the
flush-framed sashes were set in segmental-headed
openings dressed with red brick. Burnley House
had a doorway at the end of the front, which was
framed by blocked architraves surmounted by a
corniced hood resting on consoles; Grove House
had an insignificant doorway on the flanking
elevation.
Figure 31:
No. 28 Sidney Road. Demolished 1952
St. Andrew's Church, Stockwell Green
St. Andrew's church is the oldest church in
Lambeth apart from the parish church of St.
Mary. In 1711, a year after the establishment of
Commissioners for building fifty new churches in
London, Westminster and the suburbs, (ref. 81) the
inhabitants of Lambeth presented a petition to the
Commissioners praying that an additional church
might be built in the parish. (ref. 82) Sir John Thorny-croft, Lord of Stockwell Manor, offered to present two acres of waste ground, (ref. 83) and the consent
of those freeholders of the Manor who enjoyed
rights of common was obtained. (ref. 82) As a result of
this offer the Commissioners resolved that “the
new Church intended to be built within the parish
of Lambeth, ought to be erected within the Liberty
of Stockwell, upon the ground offer'd gratis by
Sir John Thornicroft”. (ref. 84)
For some undiscovered reason this project
came to nothing and it was not until 1767 that a
piece of land on the estate of the Duke of Bedford
was obtained, and Stockwell Chapel erected (ref. 85)
(Plate 13a). The cost of erecting the chapel was
met by voluntary subscriptions. In 1788 the land
on which the chapel was built, part of Stack Yard
Field, was conveyed by Francis, fifth Duke of
Bedford, to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the
Bishop of Winchester and the Rector of Lambeth
and their successors upon trust for use as a chapel
of ease. (ref. 85) In 1844 it was stated that the chapel
could hold 800 people. (ref. 86) It was drastically remodelled in 1867 (ref. 87) and extended westwards by
one bay so that the accommodation was increased
to 1,043. (ref. 88) A tower was also built at the southwest corner at this time and the galleries were
reconstructed. The architect for these works,
which cost approximately £2,500, was Henry
Edward Coe. (ref. 89) (Plate 13b). The building was
opened on November 30, 1867, and consecrated
on June 11, 1868, and dedicated to St. Andrew;
a Consolidated Chapelry was assigned in the
same year. Since then the fabric has remained in
virtually the same form except that the grey brick
of the exterior was rendered over in the 1880s (ref. 87)
and the side galleries were removed in 1924 when
an extensive restoration was carried out. (ref. 90)
When the church was remodelled in 1867 the
plain body was elaborated with detail of an Italian
Romanesque derivation, and the tower or campanile was erected in a similar style. The tower,
which contains the entrance, is of three stages and
supports a rendered pyramidal spire which is
banded horizontally and surmounted by a stone
gabled finial of squat proportions. The tower and
the body of the church are covered in roughcast
of a grey-brown colour, with red rendering above
the upper windows and to the corner piers. The
caves of the tower and of the church, which has
a slated roof, are corbelled, and the windows are
simply detailed with stone mullions and surrounds.
The large circular east window over the altar
has plate tracery and at its centre is a round light,
containing a St. Andrew's cross, surrounded by
eight large and eight very small lights.
The plain interior has a small Lady Chapel on
the north side of the nave and a gallery across the
west end. The sanctuary and nave are separated
by an arcade of three simple round arches, the
centre arch being of wider span.
Stockwell Congregational Church
Facing north-east towards Stockwell Green
stands Stockwell Congregational Church, which
is approached along a paved alleyway. Like St.
Andrew's Church it is of particular interest because of its early foundation. Stockwell New
Chapel was built in 1798, (ref. 91) but did not have a
regular minister until 1801, when the Rev.
Thomas Jackson was inducted as pastor; he
remained there until his death in 1843. (ref. 92) He is
buried in a vault in the graveyard behind the
church and there is a tablet to his memory above
the pulpit. The second minister to be appointed
was the Rev. David Thomas. During his pastorate it was decided to enlarge the chapel. James
Wilson was chosen as architect, (ref. 93) and the chapel
was re-opened on October 8, 1850. (ref. 94) The
building, which is of plain stock brick, was remodelled and extended on the south-east side.
It was also refronted in stucco to a pretentious
design with debased Ionic pilasters supporting a
dentilled pediment, and a pedimented porch was
added at the centre. At the same time a tower was
built at the east corner, finished with a small dome
surmounted by a finial; the top stage of the tower
has splayed angles treated as pilasters. The interior
has galleries on three sides. A tablet placed in the
church on June 17, 1955 records the centenary
of the marriage here on June 16, 1855 of William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army.
No. 1 Stockwell Green
On the opposite side of Stockwell Green from
the Congregational Church stands a building in
Jacobean style now used for commercial purposes.
It was opened on March 8, 1848 as an Educational Institute at the expense of the congregation
of Stockwell New Chapel. Besides being used for
non-sectarian schools it was also used for meetings
and lectures. (ref. 95) Despite mutilation and disfiguring
painting, the front survives as an interesting and
fairly scholarly example of Jacobean revivalism.
From the brick face project three flat bays, each
of two lofty storeys. The ground storey of the
middle bay has been altered, but that on each side
contains an arched doorway between Doric
columns that support an entablature, and a dwarf
intermediate stage with a three-light window
flanked by tapered Ionic pilasters carrying a
second entablature. In the second storey is a
large rectangular window divided by mullions
and transoms into three tiers of three lights. The
quoined angles rise to a crowning entablature and
a parapet ornamented with quatrefoils in panels.
A similar window forming the second storey of
the middle bay is surmounted by a curved and
stepped gable.
Stockwell Brewery (Hammerton's)
Stockwell Green
The plentiful supply of water around Stockwell Green made it a suitable site for a brewery.
The date of establishment inscribed on the present brewery building—1730—is unsubstantiated.
The earliest reference found to a brewery at
Stockwell Green occurs in 1801 when it was said
to belong to Robert Tyler and to be in the occupation of a Mr. Roberts. (ref. 96) Between 1831 and
1842 the brewery was put up for auction. It was
said to have been established for more than 50
years and the trade was then about 12,000 barrels
a year. There was attached to the brewery an
“elegant freehold abode”, with a bathroom
“worthy of an emperor”. (ref. 97) None of the early
buildings survive.<In 1962 wells were discovered to the west of Hammerstons Brewery, on either side of Stockwell Grove. Lined with Victorian frogged bricks, these were probably surface water wells built to serve the houses in Stockwell Grove.>
Nos. 21–34 (consec.) Stockwell Green
These houses are of little architectural interest. They were erected singly and in twos
and threes, at various dates from about 1790 to
about 1840. (ref. 38) No. 21, probably late 18th century, is a two-storeyed cottage with a plain stock
brick front, the upper part recently rebuilt.
There are three round-headed openings in the
ground storey, the middle one being the doorway,
and above, correspondingly, are three rectangular
windows. No. 22 is a much altered house of
around 1800, containing three storeys over a
semi-basement. The original portion of the stock
brick front has two rectangular windows in each
storey, and a Roman Doric doorcase of stucco.
Nos. 23 and 24 are paired houses with their
entrances in wings. The body of each house has
an extremely plain stock brick front with a wide
segmental-headed three-light window in each of
the three storeys. Nos. 25 and 26 were erected
between 1819 and 1821 on land belonging to
Hannah Hughes, widow. (ref. 98) They are paired
houses of three storeys with fronts of stock brick
dressed with stucco. There are two rectangular
windows to each storey, those of the first floor
descending to a sill-band. The arch-headed doorways are contained in side annexes. Nos. 27 and
27A are two-storeyed cottages built at a right
angle to the roadway, and might well be of late
18th century date. Nos. 28, 29 and 30 form a
composed terrace of three cottages, with two
storeys above a semi-basement. The two windows
wide fronts are of stock brick, and the doorcases,
ground-floor window architraves, and crowning
cornice are of painted stucco. The blocking-course is raised over the middle house and inscribed “VICTORIA PLACE”. They were
built shortly before 1840. Nos. 31 and 32, dating
from around 1815, are paired houses of three
storeys with stock brick fronts. The ground
storey of each house has two arched openings, the
doorway having a stucco architrave, and there is
a bandcourse at first-floor level. Each upper
storey has two rectangular windows, those to the
first floor opening to a cast-iron balcony of
Regency character, missing from No. 31. No. 32
has a slightly recessed wing of three storeys, one
window wide. No. 33 is a later house with a
front of similar composition to No. 32 except that
the upper windows are segmental-headed and the
entrance is contained in the side wing. No. 34,
a detached house of about 1810, has a stock brick
front, three storeys high and three windows wide.
The ground storey has been obscured by the
addition of a shopfront, but the upper part is
unchanged. The first-floor windows are archheaded and set in recesses of the same form, linked
by narrow impost-bands.
Building on the Green itself began in 1876,
after a dispute as to the rights of the freeholder, a
Mr. Honey, to appropriate the land for building
purposes. (ref. 99)
No. 22 Southesk Street
Formerly No. 16 Robertson's Place
In Stockwell Grove and Southesk Street there
are several groups of working-class cottages dating
from the early 19th century; they are all small
and of very economical construction. No. 22
Southesk Street is the best example; it is two
storeys high with a single pitched roof sloping
away from the front, which is carried up to a
parapet. Despite the cheapness of construction,
the simple stock brick front shows regard for the
niceties of late Georgian taste. The sash-windows
are pleasantly proportioned and the narrow arched
doorway admits a six-panelled door below a radial-patterned fanlight, while a recessed panel relieves
the blank upper face of the wall.
South Western Hospital, Landor Road
This hospital was built in 1869–70 by the
Managers of the Metropolitan Asylum District
under the provisions of the Metropolitan Poor
Act, 1867, for the reception of patients suffering
from fever and smallpox. It consists of two symmetrically arranged groups of stock brick buildings
of two and three storeys joined by a wide central
corridor. The blocks run approximately east and
west across the long site, which extends north and
south, and are plain and unprepossessing. The
northerly group was designed by Thomas Henry
Wyatt, and the southerly group by Frederick
Marrable. William Howard was the contractor
for both blocks. (ref. 100)
St. Andrew's C.E. Primary School,
Lingham Street
At a public meeting in 1815 it was decided to
establish a school to be known as the Stockwell
and Brixton Auxiliary Parochial School; (ref. 101) it
was to be managed on the Madras system and on
the principles of the Church of England in union
with the National Society. (ref. 102) The foundation
stone was laid by the Archbishop of Canterbury
on June 9, 1818, and the school was opened on
October 25, 1818, with 150 boys and 100 girls.
The cost of the building was £1,000. (ref. 101) The
school was restored and enlarged at the end of the
19th century. (ref. 103) The original hall is now in the
centre of the group with later buildings flanking
it on each side. The Lingham Street façade is
of two storeys in red brick with stone mullioned
and transomed windows grouped in horizontal
bands across the front; it is crowned with a
heavily bracketed cornice and has swept parapets
over its two terminal and two medial projections.
An Infants' School was opened in South (now [109]
Southesk) Street in 1838; (ref. 104) the undistinguished
stock brick building, which is no longer used as
a school, still remains.