Survey of London: Volume 26, Lambeth: Southern Area

Volume 26 completes the Survey's study of Lambeth parish, taking in Kennington, Vauxhall, Stockwell and Brixton, and the outlying districts of Denmark Hill, Herne Hill, Tulse Hill and West Norwood. Much of this area is classic suburbia of the later eighteenth and nineteenth centuries - late-Georgian terraces in Kennington; detached and semi-detached villas in Brixton, Denmark Hill and Herne Hill. There are two interesting planned estates: Stockwell Park, a Regency 'rus in urbe', and Angell Town, with its heavier, early Victorian manner. As well as houses, the volume also describes many public buildings, churches and chapels, including three Greek-Revival 'Waterloo' churches in Brixton (St Matthew's), Kennington (St Mark's) and Norwood (St Luke's).

Survey of London. Originally published by London County Council, London, 1956.

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Table of Contents

Title Page(s)
Preface iii-iv
List of plates ix-xii
List of figures xiii-xiv
Plan pocket: Southern part of parish of St Mary Lambeth 1
General introduction 1-17
Kennington: Introduction and the demesne lands 18-31
Kennington: Common land 31-36
Kennington: Copyhold lands 36-56
Vauxhall and South Lambeth: Introduction and Vauxhall Manor 57-59
Vauxhall and South Lambeth: The demesne lands 59-61
Vauxhall and South Lambeth: The commons 61-62
Vauxhall and South Lambeth: The copyhold lands 62-65
Vauxhall and South Lambeth: The freehold lands 66-73
Vauxhall and South Lambeth: Vauxhall Escheat 73-80
Stockwell: Stockwell Manor 81-82
Stockwell: Lansdowne Way area and Clapham Road 82-88
Stockwell: Stockwell Park Crescent and Stockwell Green areas 88-95
Stockwell: Ferndale Road area and Acre Lane 95-100
Stockwell: Brixton Hill area 100-105
Brixton: The Wright estate 106-108
Brixton: Lambeth Wick estate 108-122
Brixton: The Jackson and Slade estates 122-125
Brixton: The Angell estate 125-131
Brixton: Rush Common 131-136
Brixton: The manor of Heathrow, Milkwood and Wickwood 136-139
Brixton: Brixton Hill, east side 139-140
Myatt's Fields, Denmark Hill and Herne Hill: Introduction and Myatt's Fields area 141-145
Myatt's Fields, Denmark Hill and Herne Hill: Camberwell New Road 145-146
Myatt's Fields, Denmark Hill and Herne Hill: Denmark Hill and Herne Hill 146-154
Tulse Hill and Brockwell Park 155-166
Norwood: Introduction 167-173
Norwood: Churches 173-180
Norwood: Cemetery, schools and domestic and other buildings 180-187
References 188-204
Index 205-226
Frontispiece
Plate 1: Vauxhall Bridge 1
Plate 2: St. Mark's Church, Kennington, longitudinal section and ground-floor plan. 2
Plate 3: St. Luke's Church, West Norwood, longitudinal section and ground-floor plan. 3
Plate 4: St. Mark's and St Luke's churches, Kennington and West Norwood 4
Plate 5: St. Matthew's Church, Brixton, east elevation. 5
Plate 6: St. Matthew's Church, Brixton, longitudinal section and cross section looking east. 6
Plate 7: St. Matthew's Church, Brixton, ground-floor plan and gallery plan. 7
Plate 8: St. Matthew's Church, Brixton, south elevation and cross section looking west. 8
Plate 9: St. Matthew's Church, Brixton, details. 9
Plate 10: St. Luke's Church, West Norwood. 10
Plate 11 11
Plate 12: St. Matthew's Church, Brixton. 12
Plate 13 13
Plate 14 14
Plate 15 15
Plate 16: St. John's Church, Angell Town 16
Plate 17: Christ Church, Brixton Road. 17
Plate 18: Church of St. John the Divine, Vassall Road, north elevation, longitudinal section and ground-floor plan. 18
Plate 19: Church of St. John the Divine, Vassall Road, tower and spire 19
Plate 20: St. Peter's Church, Leigham Court Road. 20
Plate 21: All Saints' Church, Rosendale Road. 21
Plate 22: Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church, Trent Road. 22
Plate 23: Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church, Trent Road. 23
Plate 24: St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church, Kennington Lane. 24
Plate 25 25
Plate 26 26
Plate 27 27
Plate 28: Mortuary chapels, Norwood Cemetery 28
Plate 29: Monuments in Norwood Cemetery 29
Plate 30: Caron's Almshouses. 30
Plate 31 31
Plate 32 32
Plate 33: Licensed Victuallers' School, Kennington Lane. 33
Plate 34 34
Plate 35 35
Plate 36 36
Plate 37 37
Plate 38 38
Plate 39 39
Plate 40: Plan by James Bailey for building on Kennington Oval, 1841. 40
Plate 41: Kennington Oval, 1858, by H. Williams. 41
Plate 42: No. 87 South Lambeth Road. 42
Plate 43: Windmill, Blenheim Gardens 43
Plate 44: Caron House. 44
Plate 45 45
Plate 46 46
Plate 47: Brixton Road. 47
Plate 48 48
Plate 49 49
Plate 50 50
Plate 51 51
Plate 52: No. 154 Denmark Hill. 52
Plate 53: No. 154 Denmark Hill 53
Plate 54: No. 152 Denmark Hill 54
Plate 55 55
Plate 56: Nos. 27-33, 37-39 Lorn Road 56
Plate 57 57
Plate 58 58
Plate 59 59
Plate 60 60
Plate 61: Upper Tulse Hill 61
Plate 62: Tulse Hill 62
Plate 63: Tulse Hill 63
Plate 64: Proposed lay-out for the Tulse Hill and Brockwell Estates. 64