93-653: Stamford Street is a street in Lambeth and Southwark , London , England, just south of the River Thames . It runs between Waterloo Road to the west and Blackfriars Road to the east. It forms part of the A3200. The street has a wide variety of buildings. There are two large Georgian terraces, a school and the entrance to a chapel from the 1820s; a Victorian bank and hotel; an Edwardian hospital now used for student accommodation; early 20th century industrial buildings now forming
186-418: A parapet . The site was formerly occupied by the hat maker Tress & Co. Construction site , 18 Blackfriars Road - a development that will include a 53-storey residential tower, hotel and music venue facing Stamford Street. The tower, designed by Wilkinson Eyre, will appear as a series of stacked rectangular blocks, each orientated at slightly different angles to catch the light in different ways. Previously
279-426: A 4-storey building containing 7 flats, built in 1997 in yellow stock brick with stone details and concrete moulding on the ground floor. It was intended to harmonise with the adjacent terrace, but is crudely detailed in comparison to the originals. 95-123 Stamford Street - a Grade II listed Regency terrace of 4-storey town houses, built in 1829. It is built in stock brick with stone dressings including quoins at
372-442: A 52-storey residential tower designed by SimpsonHaugh and built during 2013–19. It has a curved glass façade in graduated colours and is known as "The Vase". The site includes a 4-storey podium building at the corner of Stamford Street and Blackfriars Road. The site was formerly occupied by the headquarters of Sainsbury's supermarket, demolished in 2003. Bankside Hotel , a 6-storey glass-walled hotel along Rennie Street, part of
465-569: A 6-storey block of apartments with offices on the ground floor. 58-60 Stamford Street - a 6-storey office building with high brick arches and glazed infills, reflecting the Unitarian chapel portico opposite. It was previously an engineering works. Thirsty Bear Pub , 62 Stamford Street - a 3-storey brick-built pub. It opened in 1839 as the Stamford Arms. It was renamed The Thirsty Bear in 2012. Side street: Broadwall Palm Housing Co-operative -
558-429: A Grade II listed 4-storey house, built in the early 19th century in stock brick with stone coped parapet . The ground floor shop was added in the mid-19th century, and is currently occupied by Konditor . The two posts outside are cast gun barrels, also Grade II listed. 65-87 Stamford Street - a Grade II listed 4-storey Regency terrace, built in 1829 in stock brick with stone dressings. There are two 8-bay wings and
651-601: A centre block containing committee rooms and living quarters for the master and mistress. An additional storey was built over each wing in 1909. In 1921 the property was bought by the London County Council for use as the Central Printing School. Since 1965 it has been occupied by the London Nautical School, a specialist sports and naval college. Crossing street: Duchy Street 63 Stamford Street -
744-546: A higher 10-bay central section. 89 Stamford Street - a Grade II listed 3-storey house built in the early 19th century of stock brick with parapet. 91 Stamford Street - a Grade II listed 4-storey house built in the early 19th century of stock brick with parapet. A ground floor shop was added in the mid-19th century, and is currently occupied by the Sticky Mango restaurant. Crossing street: Coin Street 32-34 Coin Street -
837-617: A major restructuring of local government in London. This included the abolition of all existing local authorities with the exception of the City of London Corporation ; a Greater London Council was to be established along with 32 new lower-tier London boroughs with populations of 100,000 to 250,000 each. The new boroughs would split the responsibility for government functions with the Greater London Council. The Royal Commission's report led to
930-502: A novel by George Gissing first published in 1887, is set in late Victorian Lambeth, particularly Newport Street, Lambeth Walk and Walnut Tree Walk. The novel was intended by Gissing to "contain the very spirit of London working-class life". The story tells of Walter Egremont, an Oxford -trained idealist who gives lectures on literature to workers, some of them from his father's Lambeth factory. Lambeth has several areas of public parks and gardens. This includes Old Paradise Gardens , which
1023-659: A power administered by the City of London Corporation within the City. The LCC initially used the Spring Gardens headquarters inherited from the Metropolitan Board of Works. The building had been designed by Frederick Marrable , the MBW's superintending architect, and dated from 1860. Opinions on the merits of the building varied: the Survey of London described it as "well balanced" while
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#17328523178981116-652: A quadrangle development of 4-storey homes faced with render and brick. It was the first of the Coin Street housing co-operatives, completed in 1988. Crossing street: Coin Street Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre , 108 Stamford Street - a 5-storey community centre and mixed-use building, including the headquarters of social enterprise, Coin Street Community Builders. It was designed by Haworth Tompkins and opened in 2007. The ground floor
1209-463: A similar role to the mayor of a borough or city. The vice chairman performed these functions in his absence. The first chairman was the Earl of Rosebery , and the last chairman was Arthur Wicks . The chairmanship was a prestigious office, second only to that of lord lieutenant . The incumbent chairmen were honoured with knighthoods on the occasions of the coronations of Edward VII and Elizabeth II , and
1302-637: A terrace of 3-storey houses and a 9-storey tower, completed in 1994. It is built in warm red brick with varnished oak cladding, zinc and copper roofs with large French doors overlooking the gardens. Bernie Spain Gardens - named after Bernadette Spain, one of the original Coin Street Action Group campaigners. The gardens were completed in 1988. They occupy the site of the former Eldorado Ice Cream factory (64-76 Stamford Street). Crossing street: Duchy Street Mulberry Housing Co-operative , 88 Stamford Street -
1395-624: A time when some London areas had as many as 80 housing units per acre. The passage of the Housing of the Working Classes Act in 1885 gave the LCC the power to compel the sale of land for housing development, a power that was vital to the systematic rehousing that began under the council's early Progressive leadership. The Totterdown Fields development at Tooting was the first large suburban-style development to be built under LCC authority, in 1903, and
1488-536: A year with the new Greater London Council to ensure a seamless transition, and the LCC was finally abolished on 1 April 1965. The Royal Commission commented that "nobody studying London Government can fail to be deeply impressed with the achievements of the London County Council. It has given the Administrative County of London a strong and able form of government which makes its standing very high among
1581-475: Is a park occupying a former burial ground on Lambeth High Street and Old Paradise Street. A watch-house for holding the 'drunk and disorderly' existed on the site, from 1825 until 1930 and is today marked by a memorial stone. Lambeth Walk Open Space is a small public park to the east of Lambeth on Fitzalan Walk and includes several open spaces and play areas. Pedlars' Park is another small public park in Lambeth, which
1674-504: Is a very densely populated area within London with a large young population. One third of its working age population are considered living in poverty. Lambeth ranks 8th out of 22 of the most deprived boroughs in London. At the 2015 general election , the Labour candidate Kate Hoey was elected for Vauxhall. At the snap 2017 general election , Hoey was re-elected with and increased majority. The Liberal Democrat candidate George Turner finished
1767-754: Is located in-between both Waterloo and Southwark stations. Vauxhall station is also nearby in Vauxhall, situated more towards the South Lambeth area near Kennington as is Oval station nearby. The South West Main Line runs through Lambeth on the Nine Elms to Waterloo Viaduct . The principal road through the area is Lambeth Road (the A3203). Lambeth Walk adjoins Lambeth Road. The current Lambeth Bridge opened on 19 July 1932. It replaced an earlier suspension bridge which itself
1860-690: Is occupied by Nando's restaurant. Vacant site – land intended for development by Coin Street Community Builders. The site was occupied by a Boots commercial building until it was demolished in 1985. Crossing street: Cornwall Road Franklin Wilkins Building , 150 Stamford Street - a 6-storey reinforced concrete building, forming part of the Waterloo Campus of King's College London. It was built between 1912 and 1915 for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, known as Cornwall House, with tunnels connecting it to nearby Waterloo Station. Before HMSO could move in
1953-591: Is recorded as being under ownership of the Archbishop of Canterbury from at least 1190. The Archbishops led the development of much of the manor, with Archbishop Hubert Walter creating the residence of Lambeth Palace in 1197. Lambeth and the palace were the site of two important 13th-century international treaties; the Treaty of Lambeth 1217 and the Treaty of Lambeth 1212 . Edward, the Black Prince lived in Lambeth in
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#17328523178982046-624: The Blackfriars Bridge , Vauxhall Bridge and Lambeth Bridge itself, a number of major thoroughfares were developed through Lambeth, such as Westminster Bridge Road, Kennington Road and Camberwell New Road. Until the 18th century Lambeth was sparsely populated and still rural in nature, being outside the boundaries of central London, although it had experienced growth in the form of taverns and entertainment venues, such as theatres and Bear pits (being outside inner city regulations). The subsequent growth in road and marine transport, along with
2139-420: The City of London . Although this was not achieved, it led to the creation of 28 metropolitan boroughs as lower tier authorities to replace the various local vestries and boards in 1900; they assumed some powers of the LCC and shared others. The LCC provided very few services within the City of London, where the ancient Corporation monopolised local governance. The LCC inherited the powers of its predecessor
2232-530: The Domesday Book , Lambeth is called "Lanchei", which is plausibly derived from Brittonic Lan meaning a river bank and Chei being Brittonic for a quay. The name refers to a harbour where lambs were either shipped from or to. It is formed from the Old English 'lamb' and 'hythe'. South Lambeth is recorded as Sutlamehethe in 1241 and North Lambeth is recorded in 1319 as North Lamhuth . The manor of Lambeth
2325-648: The London Passenger Transport Board , it was the largest tram operator in the United Kingdom, with more than 167 miles (269 km) of route and over 1,700 tramcars. One of the LCC's most important roles during the late 19th and early 20th century, was in the management of the expanding city and the re-development of its growing slums. In the Victorian era, new housing had been intentionally urban and large-scale tenement buildings dominated. Beginning in
2418-740: The Metropolitan Police District in 1829. It continued as a single parish for Poor Law purposes after the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 and a single parish governed by a vestry after the introduction of the Metropolitan Board of Works in 1855. In 1889 it became part of the County of London and the parish and vestry were reformed in 1900 to become the Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth , governed by Lambeth Borough Council. In
2511-679: The Port of London . The refurbishment of White Hart Dock was carried out as part of a local art project in 2009, which included the addition of wooden sculptures and benches to the 1868 dock boundary wall. Located on the Albert Embankment is the purpose-built headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The IMO is a specialised agency of the United Nations responsible for regulating shipping . The building
2604-566: The Representation of the People Act 1948 this was altered, to three each. Elections of all councillors were held every three years save that none were held in the First and Second World Wars . Complementing the elected councillors and of equal power but longer tenure the council appointed one county alderman for every six councillors. These were elected by halves (as to half of their number) by
2697-641: The Windrush cruise ship, they were housed in several areas within Brixton, especially Clapham . The Royal Pharmaceutical Society's headquarters were located in Lambeth High Street from 1976 until 2015. Today, the center of government in Brixton has a strong Afro-Caribbean community. Other significant minorities include Africans, South Asians, and Chinese; they make up one third of Lambeth's population. The borough
2790-574: The 14th century in an estate that incorporated the land not belonging to the Archbishops, which also included Kennington (the Black Prince road in Lambeth is named after him). As such, much of the freehold land of Lambeth to this day remains under Royal ownership as part of the estate of the Duchy of Cornwall . Lambeth was also the site of the principal medieval London residence of the Dukes of Norfolk , but by 1680
2883-524: The 1880s, that occupies sites on either side of the boundary between the London boroughs of Southwark and Lambeth. From 1790 to 1800, William Blake lived in North Lambeth, London, at 13 Hercules Buildings, Hercules Road. In his epic Milton: A Poem in Two Books , the poet John Milton leaves Heaven and travels to Lambeth, in the form of a falling comet, and enters Blake's foot. This allows Blake to treat
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2976-418: The 1930s, the LCC incentivised an increase in more suburban housing styles. A less-dense style of development, focusing on single family homes, was popular among London housing developers because it was believed that this would satisfy the working classes and provide insurance, "against Bolshevism," to quote one parliamentary secretary. The LCC set the standard for new construction at 12 houses per acre of land at
3069-534: The Bill for the London Government Act 1963 , and when this was introduced into Parliament it initially faced considerable opposition. The Bill passed into law with some minor amendments. An Inner London Education Authority was set up for education to be overseen on a broad county level. The first elections for the new Greater London Council were held on 9 April 1964. The London County Council ran concurrently for
3162-551: The Doulton offices, located on Black Prince Road still remain as they are a listed building, which includes the original decorative tiling. Between 1801 and 1831 the population of Lambeth trebled and in ten years alone between 1831 and 1841 it increased from 87,856 in to 105,883. The railway first came to Lambeth in the 1840s, as construction began which extended the London and South Western Railway from its original station at Nine Elms to
3255-522: The Exchequer , Sir William Harcourt , offered the council a site at Parliament Street, Westminster for three-quarters of a million pounds. Another site subsequently became available between The Strand and The Embankment , when the Official Receiver took over the partially completed premises of the failed Liberator Building Society . The council's Establishment Committee recommended the purchase of
3348-594: The Grade II listed portico of a Unitarian Chapel, built in 1821. The chapel fell into disuse and the main body was demolished in 1964. London Nautical School , 61 Stamford Street - a Grade II listed 3-storey school building built in 1820 in yellow stock brick with stone dressings. It was designed by James Mountague for the Benevolent Society of Saint Patrick, an educational charity for poor Irish children in London. The schoolrooms were planned as wings each side of
3441-490: The LCC undertook between 1857 and 1945 to standardise and clarify street names across London. Many streets in different areas of the city had similar or identical names, and the rise of the car as a primary mode of transportation in the city sometimes made the duplication of names challenging. In an extreme case, there were over 60 streets called "Cross Street" spread across London when the LCC began its process of systematic renaming. These were given names from an approved list that
3534-594: The MBW, but had wider authority over matters such as education, city planning and council housing . It took over the functions of the London School Board in 1903, and Dr C W Kimmins was appointed chief inspector of the education department in 1904. From 1899, the Council progressively acquired and operated the tramways in the county, which it electrified from 1903. By 1933, when the LCC Tramways were taken over by
3627-635: The Moderate group. In 1906, the Moderates became known as the Municipal Reform Party . The LCC was elected every three years. The Progressives were in control continuously from 1889 until 1907, when they lost power to the Municipal Reformers. Municipal Reform control lasted until 1934 when Labour won power, which they kept until the LCC was abolished. Council composition: The post of leader of
3720-515: The One Blackfriars development, completed in 2018. Side street: Rennie Street Vivo Building , 30 Stamford Street - a 9-storey office building with a concave frontage that follows the curve of Stamford Street. It was designed by Richard Seifert and Partners as a 5-storey office podium building for the King's Reach Tower with a concrete frame structure and smoked glass and was built during 1973–78. It
3813-508: The Parliament Street lot, as it would be a prominent site opposite the Palace of Westminster and next to the principal government offices. Following a debate of the whole council, the committee's recommendation was rejected on financial grounds and as it was felt that the headquarters should not be in the privileged West End . The matter remained unresolved, and in 1900 a special committee
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3906-556: The Waterloo campus of King's College London ; office buildings from the 1930s and 70s; housing co-operatives from the 1980s and 90s; and a 21st-century residential tower with a second one under construction. At the western end, in the middle of a large roundabout , is the British Film Institute London IMAX Cinema. The eastern end from Blackfriars Road to No. 40 (i.e. as far as the bend opposite Dorset House)
3999-470: The architectural correspondent of The Times was less enthusiastic. He summarised the building as "of the Palladian type of four storeys with two orders, Ionic above and Corinthian below as if its designer had looked rather hastily at the banqueting house of Inigo Jones ." The most impressive feature was the curving or elliptical spiral staircase leading to the principal floor. The original board room
4092-431: The building was requisitioned in 1915 for use as a military hospital, and the tunnels were used to transfer wounded soldiers arriving by train. From 1920 it was used as government offices. King's College acquired the building in the late 1980s and after refurbishment it opened as an educational site in 1999. Outside are two Grade II listed telephone kiosks. The kiosk on the left is a cast-iron K2 design from 1927. The kiosk on
4185-461: The children of destitute facilities, although the widening of the London and South Western Railway in 1904 saw the building reduced in size. Part of the school building still exists today and is occupied by the Beaconsfield Gallery . The Beaufoy Institute was also built in 1907 to provide technical education for the poor of the area, although this stopped being an educational institution at
4278-418: The corners. There are five sections of 4, 6, 8, 6 and 4 bays. No 123 was converted into a shop in the mid-19th century. Crossing street: Cornwall Road Stamford Street Apartments , 127 Stamford Street - a student hall of residence. It was built during 1914-16 as a printing works for W H Smith & Son. The design by Stanley Peach incorporates monolithic Egyptian style features to its façade and railings. It
4371-417: The council was only officially recognised in 1933. This table gives the leaders of the majority parties on the council before this time. The county council was required by statute to appoint a chairman and a vice chairman at its annual meeting. Both of these positions were generally filled by members of the majority party. The chairman chaired meetings of the council, and was the county's civic leader, filling
4464-430: The council finally agreed to seek powers to buy three adjoining plots of land on the eastern side of Westminster Bridge as a site for a single headquarters. The debate in the council chamber was somewhat heated with one councillor objecting to the purchase as it was "on the wrong side of the river ... in a very squalid neighbourhood ... and quite unworthy of the dignity of a body like the council". Leading member of
4557-580: The council for a six-year term at the first meeting after each election. Initially, it had been hoped by many that elections to the LCC would be conducted on a non-partisan basis, but in the council two political groups formed. The majority group in 1889 was the Progressives , who were unofficially allied with the Liberal Party in national politics. Those who allied with the Conservative Party formed
4650-464: The council, John Burns countered that it "would brighten up a dull place, sweeten a sour spot and for the first time bring the south of London into a dignified and beautiful frontage on the River Thames." The necessary powers were obtained under the London County Council (Money) Act 1906, and a competition to design the new building was organised. There were approximately 100 entries, and the winner
4743-463: The day would have preferred not to create a single body covering the whole of London, their electoral pact with Liberal Unionists led them to this policy. It was established as a provisional council on 31 January 1889 and came into its powers on 21 March 1889. Shortly after its creation a Royal Commission on the Amalgamation of the City and County of London considered the means for amalgamation with
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#17328523178984836-537: The development of industry in the wake of the Industrial Revolution brought great change to the area. The area grew with an ever-increasing population at this time, many of whom were poor. As a result, Lambeth opened a parish workhouse in 1726. A parliamentary report of 1777 noted it had 270 inmates. In 1835 the Lambeth Poor Law Parish was formed. Run by an elected board of trustees, it comprised
4929-505: The end of the 20th century. The current district of Lambeth was part of the large ancient parish of Lambeth St Mary in the Brixton hundred of Surrey . It was an elongated north–south parish with a two-mile (three-kilometre) River Thames frontage to the west. In the north it lay opposite the cities of London and Westminster and extended southwards to cover the contemporary districts of Brixton , West Dulwich and West Norwood , almost reaching Crystal Palace . Lambeth became part of
5022-464: The engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette under the Metropolitan Board of Works , forms the boundary of Lambeth. The embankment includes land reclaimed from the river and various small timber and boatbuilding yards, and was intended to protect low-lying areas of Lambeth from flooding while also providing a new highway to bypass local congested streets. Unlike the Thames Embankment on the opposite side of
5115-543: The hands of traditional bodies such as parishes and the counties of Middlesex , Surrey and Kent . The creation of the LCC in 1889, as part of the Local Government Act 1888 , was forced by a succession of scandals involving the MBW, and was also prompted by a general desire to create a competent government for the city, capable of strategising and delivering services effectively. While the Conservative government of
5208-439: The home of the Garden Museum . Lambeth Palace is the home of the Archbishop of Canterbury and has been occupied as a residence by the Archbishops since the early 13th century. The oldest parts of the palace are Langton's Chapel and its crypt, both of which date back to the 13th century. Although they suffered greatly from damage in the Second World War , they have seen been extensively repaired and restored. Morton's Tower,
5301-400: The large house had been sold and ended up as a pottery manufacturer, creating some of the first examples of English delftware in the country. The road names, Norfolk Place and Norfolk Row reflect the history and legacy of the house today. Lambeth Palace lies opposite the southern section of the Palace of Westminster on the Thames . The two were historically linked by a horse ferry across
5394-416: The laying of the foundation stone of County Hall. As part of the celebrations of the Silver Jubilee of George V in 1935 it was announced that the chairman would in future be entitled to use the style " right honourable ", an honour already enjoyed by the Lord Mayor of the City of London . The council's standing orders also provided for the post of deputy chairman. Until 1895, the holder of this office
5487-419: The main entrance to the palace, was built in 1490. The Great Hall, rebuilt over different centuries but primarily following damage during the English Civil War , contains the vast collections of the Lambeth Palace Library. Later additions to the palace including the Blore Building, a newer private residence for the Archbishop, which was completed in 1833. The Albert Embankment , finished in 1869 and created by
5580-403: The medieval period as part of the manor of Lambeth Palace . By the Victorian era the area had seen significant development as London expanded, with dense industrial, commercial and residential buildings located adjacent to one another. The changes brought by World War II altered much of the fabric of Lambeth. Subsequent development in the late 20th and early 21st centuries has seen an increase in
5673-415: The new terminus at London Waterloo via the newly constructed Nine Elms to Waterloo Viaduct . With the massive urban development of London in the 19th century and with the opening of the large Waterloo railway station in 1848 the locality around the station and Lower Marsh became known as Waterloo , becoming an area distinct from Lambeth itself. The Lambeth Ragged school was built in 1851 to help educate
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#17328523178985766-421: The number of high-rise buildings. The area is home to the International Maritime Organization . Lambeth is home to one of the largest Portuguese-speaking communities in the UK, and Portuguese is the second most commonly spoken language in Lambeth after English . The origins of the name of Lambeth come from its first record in 1062 as Lambehitha , meaning 'landing place for lambs', and in 1255 as Lambeth . In
5859-438: The oldest structure of any kind being the crypt of Lambeth Palace itself. The church has pre-Norman origins, being recorded as early as 1062 as a church built by Goda, sister of Edward the Confessor . It was rebuilt in flint and stone between the years 1374 and 1377. The tower is the only original part still to survive, as much of the church was reconstructed by 1852. The church was de-consecrated in 1972 and since 1977 it has been
5952-441: The opposition party on the council. After World War II , it became evident that the London County Council was too small to cope with the greater demands being placed on local government by the new Welfare State . In 1957, a Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London was set up under Sir Edwin Herbert to examine the issues and make recommendations. The Commission deliberated for three years and in 1960 it recommended
6045-472: The ordinary world as perceived by the five senses as a sandal formed of "precious stones and gold" that he can now wear. Blake ties the sandal and, guided by Los , walks with it into the City of Art, inspired by the spirit of poetic creativity. The poem was written between 1804 and 1810. Liza of Lambeth , the first novel by W. Somerset Maugham , is about the life and loves of a young factory worker living in Lambeth near Westminster Bridge Road . Thyrza ,
6138-405: The parish of St Mary, Lambeth, "including the district attached to the new churches of St John, Waterloo, Kennington, Brixton, Norwood". Following in the tradition of earlier delftware manufacturers, the Royal Doulton Pottery company had their principal manufacturing site in Lambeth for several centuries. The Lambeth factory closed in 1956 and production was transferred to Staffordshire . However
6231-461: The reform of local government in 1965, the Streatham and Clapham areas that had formed part of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth were combined with Lambeth to form the responsible area of local government under the London Borough of Lambeth . The current mayor is Annie Gallop as of May 2021. Lambeth Walk and Lambeth High Street were the two principal commercial streets of Lambeth, but today are predominantly residential in nature. Lambeth Walk
6324-462: The right is a cast-iron K6 design from 1935. Lambeth Lambeth ( / ˈ l æ m b ə θ / ) is a district in South London , England, in the London Borough of Lambeth . Lambeth was an ancient parish in the county of Surrey . It is situated 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Charing Cross , across the river from Westminster Palace . The population of the London Borough of Lambeth was 303,086 in 2011. The area experienced some slight growth in
6417-424: The river, the Albert Embankment does not incorporate major interceptor sewers. This allowed the southern section of the embankment (upstream from Lambeth Bridge) to include a pair of tunnels leading to a small slipway, named White Hart Draw Dock , whose origins can be traced back to the 14th century. Centuries later, Royal Doulton's pottery works used the docks to load clay and finished goods for transport to and from
6510-415: The river. In fact, Lambeth could only be crossed by the left-bank by ferry or fords until 1750. Until the mid-18th century the north of Lambeth was marshland, crossed by a number of roads raised against floods. This marshland was also known as Lambeth Marshe . It was drained in the 18th century but is remembered in the Lower Marsh street name. With the opening of Westminster Bridge in 1750, followed by
6603-432: The runner up in Vauxhall achieving a 5% swing in his favour. Hoey stood down at the 2019 General Election and was replaced with Labour MP Florence Eshalomi , who was the sitting London Assembly Member for Lambeth and Southwark. At the next election the boundaries changed to Vauxhall and Camberwell Green and Eshalomi was elected once again. The church of St Mary-at-Lambeth is the oldest above ground structure in Lambeth,
6696-496: The site was occupied by Wakefield House. Side street: Paris Gardens. Dorset House , 27-45 Stamford Street - an 8-storey office building of rusticated stone, which curves to follow the road. It was built during 1931-33 for Iliffe & Sons, who printed periodical magazines. It was later occupied by IPC magazines. Current tenants include HM Revenue & Customs. Crossing street: Hatfields 57 Stamford Street - an 8-storey apartment building built c2005. The entrance consists of
6789-684: The slummification that blighted so many Victorian tenement developments. The success of these commuter developments constructed by the LCC in the periphery of the city is, "one of the more remarkable achievements in London government, and contributed much to the marked improvement of conditions between the wars for the capital's working classes." The LCC also built overspill estates outside London (some after World War II) including Debden in Essex, Merstham and Sheerwater in Surrey, and Edenbridge in Kent. The MBW, and
6882-576: The street Hatfields and the Mad Hatter Hotel. Most of the original houses of Stamford Street were demolished in the early 1900s and replaced with industrial buildings. During World War II the area suffered bomb damage, but Stamford Street was by-passed by post-war development of the South Bank . In 1977 a developer announced plans to build offices and Europe's tallest hotel on eight largely derelict sites around Coin Street. The Coin Street Action Group
6975-421: Was built between 1862 and 1928, but was eventually closed and demolished following the 1928 Thames flood . London County Council The London County Council ( LCC ) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today known as Inner London and
7068-599: Was built c1790, with open gardens or fields to the west. The continuation westward to Broadwall was added c1803, and known as Upper Stamford Street. The extension from Broadwall to Waterloo Road was made in 1815 as part of the approach to Waterloo Bridge. In 1868 Upper Stamford Street was incorporated with Stamford Street and re-numbered. At this time the Bankside area was a centre for hat-making. There were 7 hat-makers in Stamford Street in 1882. These are now commemorated only by
7161-433: Was created between Stamford Street and the riverside. Starts at: Blackfriars Road 1 Stamford Street - a Grade II listed 4-storey commercial building, built c1870 in red brick with stone dressings. It was previously a bank, converted to offices in 2018. The Mad Hatter Hotel , 3-7 Stamford Street - a Grade II listed 4-storey hotel and public house, built c1875 in stock brick with stone dressings and roof hidden behind
7254-410: Was created in 1968 on the site of the former St. Saviour's Salamanca Street School. Archbishop's Park is open to the public and borders the edge of Lambeth Palace and the neighbouring area of Waterloo and the hospital of St Thomas . The nearest London Underground stations are Waterloo , Southwark and Lambeth North . London Waterloo is also a National Rail station as is Waterloo East which
7347-553: Was designed by architects of the London City Council and opened in 1937. Occupying a prominent position on the Thames it is, however, still an operating fire station, although future plans have been submitted which may see redevelopment of the listed building. A planning decision is expected by July 2023. The Lambeth Mission is a church of the united Methodist Anglican denomination, located on Lambeth Road . The original church
7440-531: Was extended and raised as part of the redevelopment of the tower into the residential South Bank Tower during 2013–16. Ground floor retail units include Little Waitrose. Crossing street: Hatfields Hatfield House , 52-54 Stamford Street - a 4-storey office building with brick frontage and stone facing on the ground floor entrance. The ground floor bar was previously the Slug & Lettuce and Dr Inks, and has been The Fountain & Ink since 2016. 56 Stamford Street -
7533-408: Was extended to five floors in 1965 and vacated in 1983. It has been used by BPP College as a law school since 2004. James Clerk Maxwell Building , 57 Waterloo Road - a 9-storey, brick-built teaching facility for King's College London Waterloo Campus. It was formerly offices named Waterloo Bridge House and a post office. Ends at: Waterloo Road Starts at: Blackfriars Road One Blackfriars -
7626-540: Was formed by the council to seek out a suitable site. In July 1902, they presented their report, recommending a 3.35-acre (13,600 m ) site in the Adelphi . Entry roads to the proposed county hall would be made from The Strand and The Embankment. The council rejected the recommendations in October 1902, and a suggestion was made that the committee seek a site south of the Thames, adjacent to Westminster Bridge . In April 1905,
7719-476: Was founded in 1739 but was entirely destroyed by a bomb in the Second World War . A new church for the mission was constructed in 1950 and continues to function as an active church today. The Beaconsfield gallery is a public contemporary art gallery in Lambeth, which was established in 1995 and specialises in temporary exhibitions and art classes. Morley College is an adult education college, founded in
7812-460: Was in charge of the organisation of the council's activities, and was paid a salary. This was seen as a conflict of interest by the Royal Commission on the Amalgamation of the City and County of London when they reported in 1894, and in 1895 a county clerk was added to the council staff to perform these duties. The deputy chairmanship then became purely ceremonial, and was filled by nominees of
7905-480: Was maintained by the LCC, containing only "suitably English" names. If street names were deemed un-English, they were also slated for change; Zulu Crescent in Battersea , for instance, became Rowena Crescent in 1912. By 1939, the council had the following powers and duties: Until 1933 the council provided a network of tramway services in the county. This passed to the London Passenger Transport Board . † Denotes
7998-557: Was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 17 May 1983. The architects of the building were Douglass Marriott, Worby & Robinson. The front of the building is dominated by a seven-metre high, ten-tonne bronze sculpture of the bow of a ship, with a lone seafarer maintaining a look-out from Lambeth to the Thames. From 1937 until 2007 the headquarters of the London Fire Brigade were in Lambeth, on Albert Embankment. The headquarters building, constructed in an art deco style,
8091-587: Was quickly followed by developments at Roehampton , Bellingham , and Becontree . By 1938, 76,877 units of housing had been built under the auspices of the LCC in the city and its periphery, an astonishing number given the previous pace of development. Many of these new housing developments were genuinely working-class, though the poorest could rarely afford even subsidised rents. They relied on an expanding London Underground network that ferried workers en masse to places of employment in central London. These housing developments were broadly successful, and they resisted
8184-480: Was replaced by the Greater London Council . The LCC was the largest, most significant and most ambitious English municipal authority of its day. By the 19th century, the City of London Corporation covered only a small fraction of metropolitan London. From 1855, the Metropolitan Board of Works (MBW) had certain powers across the metropolis, but it was appointed rather than elected. Many powers remained in
8277-400: Was set up to develop community-led alternative plans. The Greater London Council owned half of the land and blocked the development, selling the site to Coin Street Community Builders in 1984, with the aim of making the area a better place to live, work and visit by creating a mix of uses. Between 1984 and 1988 derelict buildings were demolished, housing co-operatives were built, and a new park
8370-538: Was site of a market for many years, which by 1938 had 159 shops, including 11 butchers. The street and surrounding roads, like most of Lambeth were extensively damaged in the Second World War . This included the complete destruction of the Victorian Swimming Baths (themselves built in 1897) in 1945, when a V2 Rocket hit the street resulting in the deaths of 37 people. In 1948 when the first wave of immigrants of Afro-Caribbean descent arrived from Jamaica on
8463-571: Was sold to the proprietors of the Daily Telegraph in 1939, but was not occupied by them owing to the outbreak of war. It was badly damaged by bombing and subsequently used for storage. BPP University College , 137 Stamford Street - a 7-storey university building, with Portland stone façade on the lower floors. The lower 3 storeys were built in 1930 as a headquarters for the London Electricity Supply Co, and named Lesco House. It
8556-422: Was the 29-year-old Ralph Knott . Construction began in 1911, and the first section was opened in 1922, with the original building completed in 1933. Extensions continued to be made throughout the council's existence. The county was divided into electoral divisions , co-terminous with parliamentary constituencies. Initially, each returned two councillors, save for the City of London , which returned four. Under
8649-547: Was too small to accommodate meetings of the new council, and it was soon replaced by a horseshoe-shaped council chamber. By 1893, it was clear that the Spring Gardens building was too small for the increased work of the LCC. Seven additional buildings within a quarter of a mile of the County Hall had been acquired, and it was estimated that they would need to take over an average of two more houses annually. The Chancellor of
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