Latitude: 51.4721 / 51°28'19"N
Longitude: -0.0537 / 0°3'13"W
OS Eastings: 535276
OS Northings: 176588
OS Grid: TQ352765
Mapcode National: GBR JC.WPS
Mapcode Global: VHGR7.08ZB
Plus Code: 9C3XFWCW+RG
Entry Name: Southwark Adult Education Institute
Listing Date: 27 September 1972
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1385863
English Heritage Legacy ID: 471282
Also known as: Pioneer Health Centre St Mary Road
ID on this website: 101385863
Location: Southwark, London, SE15
County: London
District: Southwark
Electoral Ward/Division: Nunhead
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Southwark
Traditional County: Surrey
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: Peckham St Mary Magdalene
Church of England Diocese: Southwark
Tagged with: Hospital
SOUTHWARK
TQ3576 ST MARY'S ROAD 636-1/12/726 (East side) 27/09/72 Southwark Adult Education Institute
II*
Formerly known as: Pioneer Health Centre ST MARY'S ROAD. Medical and recreational centre, now adult education institute and doctors' centre. 1934-5. By Sir Owen Williams. Concrete and glass, brick plinth. Flat roof. EXTERIOR: street front of 3 storeys, 12 bays. Glass front with metal glazing bars is articulated by white concrete framework with centre 6 bays gently rounded out above recessed ground floor. High red brick plinth. Heavy projecting quasi-entablature to each floor, forming railed balcony to floor above, and to edge of flat roof. Square 3-window end features with parapet. Concrete parapet to these sections and 11-bay return elevations of lofty lower storey with one storey above, divided vertically by projecting pilaster strips. Detached staircase tower annexe with access at 2nd-floor level on south elevation. INTERIOR: inside, a gymnasium and a lecture theatre of double height flanked a central swimming pool, entered at 1st-floor level. The front portion of the building was occupied, at ground level by a children's playground and day nursery, a lounge/cafe at 1st floor, and a library and rest room at 2nd-floor level. Originally known as the Pioneer Health Centre; integrating social and medical facilities, this building represented a revolutionary idea and design, initiated by Doctors Scott Williams and Innes Pearse.
Listing NGR: TQ3527676588
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