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Angel Lane, LONDON, SE17 3FG

Taken to complement the ground-level views taken earlier in the week. The railway viaduct offers the only vantage point for this part of the site.

The site will close if a proposed redevelopment of the area goes ahead (see shared description below). The viaduct in the background, which crosses the middle of the council site, is the main "Thameslink" railway south from Blackfriars.

These offices are now closed pending redevelopment (see shared description below). See the two plaques Image and Image for something of the history of the site.

One of the several entrances to the council site, now closed pending redevelopment. The Strata Tower is visible in the distance.

Penrose Street heads to Walworth Road. The railway heads left towards Elephant and Castle Station.

Detail of the former Southwark Council Environment and Leisure Department offices Image showing the location of the plaques.

The plaque on the former office building Image records the building of the previous building on the site, which was an electricity generating station.

The plaque on the former office building Image records its construction on the site after the Second World War, in which the electricity generating station that formerly stood on the site was destroyed. See also Image

This building occupied the site of the former St John's Methodist chapel (see shared description below). It was built as a scenic painting studio and consists of two separate studios each equipped with four paint frames upon which scenery was painted. The frames were counterweighted and descended through the floor so that the artist did not have to use ladders. Many west end shows were painted there. In the 1960s the building was shared by two companies: Stage Décor whose HQ was in Browning Hall in Browning street nearby, and Vic Mara Scenery. [information supplied by Neville Kersey] It was itself under threat of demolition by 2015 as part of a proposed redevelopment.

The bridge is part of the "Thameslink" viaduct running south from Blackfriars. This arch has obviously been rebuild with a flat concrete soffit, presumably after being damaged by the same bomb that destroyed the adjacent power station Image Unusually there is no height warning shown. The view also shows a bus stop and telephone box.