Description

SOUTHWARK

TQ3280SE TOOLEY STREET
636-1/17/786 (North side)
01/07/83 London Bridge Hospital, the
riverside block behind Tooley Street
(Formerly Listed as:
TOOLEY STREET
Chamberlain's Wharf)

GV II

Wharf building, now part of London Bridge Hospital. 1860s, a
rebuilding after the fire of 1861. Yellow brick with stock
brick and rendered dressings.
Main monumental river elevation: 7 storeys, 11 bays. (Altered)
rendered ground level of 2 storeys with tall segmental-arched
openings between pilasters which support heavy bases to giant
order of brick pilasters rising to deep rendered entablature
with pedimental blocking course, the frieze inscribed with the
name of the building. The segmental-headed windows and hatch
ranks (now fenestrated) are symmetrically disposed and
recessed between the pilasters. Plainer south elevation set on
slight concave curve has 6 bays articulated by giant brick
pilasters supporting rendered entablature which is returned to
projecting full height wings (right wing rebuilt and
projecting slightly further).
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Building now connected by glazed walkway to Nos 17-25 (Odd)
Tooley Street (qv).

Listing NGR: TQ3294080350

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26665724

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)