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Knights Walk, LONDON, SE11 4PA

The former Tudor-Gothic Magistrates' Court (1869, by Thomas Charles Sorby) is now a Buddhist centre. Beyond, another public building, a fire station complete with watchtower (1868/1896, by Edward Cresy/Robert Pearsall and the LCC) has found a new life, as flats. Both Grade II listed.

The privately owned but under-threat Cinema Museum is housed in the former Lambeth Workhouse (later Infirmary). For a brief history of the site see this http://landmark.lambeth.gov.uk/display_page.asp?section=landmark&id=8041.

Fuller view of the building at this Image]

Grade II listed building from 1869. Architect: Thomas Charles Sorby. Description at this https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1251239. Currently a Buddhist Centre and cafe.

In fact built as the central block of Lambeth Workhouse in 1870-71. Given its function, a surprisingly flamboyant affair of yellow stock brick with red brick, stone and terracotta dressings. Grade II listed. Much of the workhouse has since gone, what remained was subsumed into Lambeth Infirmary, and is now being converted into flats.

The Houses of Parliament, London Eye, Waterloo Station and the Imperial War Museum are all visible in this view from a Heathrow bound flight from Prague.

The Little Apple pub has three formidable bouncers which display the fondness for jagged profiles to be found in Lambeth Architects' Department in the late 1960s (see also e.g. Image]). Their names are Ebenezer House, Fairford House and Hurley House.

I am unsure whether the building shown here - with washing hung beneath its roof - is part of the original workhouse/hospital - see Image - or part of the new development but using period architectural ironwork.

Built to serve Lambeth Workhouse in 1877 by Fowler & Hill in a Venetian Gothic style with mighty buttresses and crowned by a large metal tank. The surrounding area was in the process of being converted into flats, and it looked as if the tower was at least being attended to, but it is currently on English Heritage's Heritage at Risk Register. A challenging building for which to find a new use. Grade II listed. Fellow Geographer, Terry Robinson, tells me that the conversion of this tower into a nine-storey private residence was recently (October 2012) related in an episode of Channel 4's Grand Designs.