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Latitude: 51.5046 / 51°30'16"N
Longitude: -0.0958 / 0°5'45"W
OS Eastings: 532254
OS Northings: 180127
OS Grid: TQ322801
Mapcode National: GBR QG.MT
Mapcode Global: VHGR0.9F6X
Plus Code: 9C3XGW33+RM
Entry Name: Pair of cast iron bollards
Listing Date: 22 June 2021
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1474400
ID on this website: 101474400
Location: The Borough, Southwark, London, SE1
County: London
District: Southwark
Electoral Ward/Division: Cathedrals
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Southwark
Traditional County: Surrey
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Pair of bollards. Made for the Clink Paving Commissioners by Messrs Bishop and Co in 1812 as boundary markers. Relocated to their current location at the east end of Keppel Row by 1876.
Pair of bollards. Made for the Clink Paving Commissioners by Messrs Bishop and Co in 1812 as boundary markers. Relocated to their current location at the east end of Keppel Row by 1876.
MATERIALS: cast iron.
DESCRIPTION: the two tapering bollards are located at the east end of Keppel Row at the junction of Southwark Bridge Road. They are approximately 1m tall above ground, in the form of cannons. They have a rounded cap in the form of a half-cannonball, moulded muzzle band, lower moulded band and a moulding at the base. Near the top of the northern bollard, to both front and back, is the inscription, cast in relief, ‘CLINK 1812’. On the southern bollard only the dates ‘1812’ remain. The bollards are painted in alternating bands of black and white.
An Act of 1786 (Local Act, 26 Geo III, c120) was enacted to regulate the ‘paving, cleansing, lighting, and watching the Streets, Lanes, and other public Passages... within the Manor of Southwark, otherwise called The Clink.’ In 1812 the Clink Paving Commissioners ordered 60 cast iron bollards in the shape of cannon from Messrs Bishop and Co to mark the boundary of their jurisdiction. These were augmented in 1813 by a number of actual guns to be used as bollards. The two examples of the Bishop and Co castings at the eastern end of Keppel Row, at the junction with Southwark Bridge Road, were probably moved to this location sometime after the abolition of the commission in 1856 and are shown in situ on the 1:1056 scale Ordnance Survey Map of 1876.
The two bollards at the eastern end of Keppel Row, dated 1812 and cast for the Clink Paving Commissioners, are listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Architectural interest:
* as early dated examples of this popular form of manufactured bollard/boundary marker, derived from the earlier use of reused cannon in these roles.
Historic interest:
* for the tangible evidence they provide for the history of both the Liberty of the Clink and early-C19 local government in London.
Group value:
* they benefit from a strong spatial and functional group value with other examples of this documented set of boundary markers, a number of which are already listed.
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