Description

SOUTHWARK

TQ3179 LAMBETH ROAD
636-1/4/461 (North side)
27/09/72 No.52
The Elizabeth Baxter Hostel and
attached railings
(Formerly Listed as:
LAMBETH ROAD
(North side)
No.52
The Elizabeth Baxter Hostel)

II

Hostel. 1841. Stucco with cornice and parapet with additional
cornice. On corner site with St George's Road.
3 storeys and basement, 3 bays. Central 1-bay section slightly
projecting with quoins. Ground floor with banded rustication
has centre piece of pilasters framing door and sash windows to
margins, frieze and break-front cornice above. Sash windows in
outer bays with keystones. Casement windows to upper floors,
those to 1st floor with architraves, that in centre with
pediment on console brackets, those to 2nd floor in plain
reveals, some with iron guards.
Foundation stone reads: "This stone was laid by HRH the Duke
of Cambridge, assisted by the Right Reverend the Bishop of
Winchester on the 28 day of May AD 1841". Canted 3-bay return
to right with similar details.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUSBIDIARY FEATURES: cast-iron area railings.

Listing NGR: TQ3141679307

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26665411

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