Description

SOUTHWARK

TQ3277 QUEEN'S ROW
636-1/10/626 (West side)
20/07/89 Harker's Studio

II

Painting rooms for theatrical scenery. 1904, part rebuilt mid
C20. For Joseph Harker. English bond brick; gabled roof mostly
glazed. Open plan.
2-storey gable end of 3 bays has red brick segmental arches
over metal casements flanking double doors to ground and 1st
floors; moulded red brick cornice beneath gable with louvred
oculus. Rear elevation facing Horsley Street rebuilt in mid
C20.
INTERIOR: large room, lit by glazed roof, is occupied by large
wooden paint frames with pulleys and counterweights; these
occupy the side walls and the centre of the room. Large double
doors to ground and 1st floors of rear wall.
An important and rare survival of a theatrical scene-painting
workshop, named after Joseph Harker (1855-1927) who was one of
the most important theatrical scene painters of his day,
having made this reputation through his designs for Henry
Irving's productions at the Lyceum.

Listing NGR: TQ3255777915

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26665574

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