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Latitude: 51.4744 / 51°28'27"N
Longitude: -0.0464 / 0°2'47"W
OS Eastings: 535775
OS Northings: 176861
OS Grid: TQ357768
Mapcode National: GBR JC.YST
Mapcode Global: VHGR7.46TJ
Plus Code: 9C3XFXF3+QC
Entry Name: Ventilating Pipe to Former Public Conveniences
Listing Date: 2 February 1995
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1261964
English Heritage Legacy ID: 436199
ID on this website: 101261964
Location: New Cross, Lewisham, London, SE14
County: London
District: Lewisham
Electoral Ward/Division: Telegraph Hill
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Lewisham
Traditional County: Surrey
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: Hatcham St Catherine
Church of England Diocese: Southwark
Tagged with: Architectural structure
The following building shall be added:
TQ 3576
779-/6/10024
NEW CROSS ROAD
(south-west side)
Ventilating pipe to former public conveniences
GV
II
Ventilating pipe. Installed as part of public conveniences of 1897 by George Jennings, sanitary
engineer, for Greenwich District Board of Works on behalf of the Vestry of St Paul's, Deptford.
Central ventilating column of Egyptian pattern by Macfarlane's Castings of Glasgow and modelled
on a design by Alexander'Greek'Thomson for six lampstandards outside his Egyptian Halls, these
were erected without authority and were demolished in 1871. This is one of only two known
examples of the design, the other is in Clifton Rise, New Cross, but is not on its original site. The
ventilating pipe served as an extract for foul gases from the lavatories below, which could be burnt
offby the gas mantle at the top.
The cast-iron ventilation shaft alone is listed for the special interest of its design. Its Egyptian
pattern is most unusual, and it is special in its derivation from a model by a leading Scottish
architect, Alexander Thomson. The ventilation columns in New Cross are the only works
associated with Thomson in England.
Source:
Gavin Stamp, 'Greek T in London', in The Alexander Thomson Society Newsletter, No. 8,
October 1993.
Listing NGR: TQ3577576861
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