Bermondsey: Riverside Primary School
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Bermondsey: Riverside Primary School
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 18 Apr 2010
This school was originally the Farncombe Street Board School completed in 1874 by the London School Board in the ecclesiastical Gothic Revival style popular in Victorian times. It is a Grade II Listed Building by virtue of this. The steeply pitched outer gable ends have stone quatrefoils with three light slits above, while the whole building is capped with a cupola containing the school bell, itself capped with a weather vane. Farncombe Street has disappeared off the map entirely but maybe one of the surrounding streets was renamed. Just how well a building like this serves today's school population is a matter of debate. This view was taken from Janeway Street.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.499273
Longitude
-0.064865