My account of this stroll from fifth February 1989 started in Camberwell with the earlier publish, A Pub, Ghost Signal, Outlets And The Sally Ann.
I ended my earlier publish with photos of William Sales space School and a statue of Catherine Sales space. Earlier than-crossing the railway I had gone down Windsor Stroll, and the general image of the faculty was taken from there throughout the reducing containing the strains and platforms. Even from there the highest of the tower was solely simply in body, and sadly I cropped it barely once I made the scan. I believe more moderen constructing at Denmark Hill station now partly obscures the view.
This spectacular home at 16 Windsor Stroll is part of native improvement within the 1860s-80s, largely a speculative improvement constructed as personal homes however many pressed into service in post-war years as nurses houses and medical centres for the close by Maudsley and Kings School Hospital. Though this home appears to be like in good situation, it deteriorated quickly and was boarded up for years earlier than in depth refurbishment in 2014-6. From the skin it once more appears to be like a lot because it did in 1989.
These homes at 17-18 Windsor Stroll had been additionally derelict just a few years in the past and have additionally been restored together with the following two properties on the road.
Denmark Hill Station and its workplaces had been Grade II listed solely in 1998. The buildings date from 1864-66 and had been gutted by fireplace in 1980. By 1989 the station was dwelling to the Phoenix Firkin pub, named because it had arisen from the ashes. It stays in enterprise, although now known as merely The Phoenix. Denmark Hill, a busy station, is entered by the southern a part of the constructing at proper, from which a number of individuals are rising in my image.
The station buildings with their pub are on a bridge over the railway strains, right here in a reducing, and this results in Champion Park with its Salvation Military School. Right here I photographed each the statue of Catherine Sales space within the earlier publish and this one in every of her husband and co-founder of the Military, William Sales space, born April tenth 1829. Promoted to glory August twentieth 1912. Sculpture by George Wade, 1929.
Their two statues are located symmetrically on the garden in entrance of the faculty, near the street.
Champion Park results in Grove Lane, and some yards down from the nook is a slim turning, Canning Cross, subsequent to the George Canning pub, which ends up in Tales Mews, and as a footpath solely to Camberwell Grove. I took this image from Canning Cross wanting roughly north up Tales Mews, and though there was appreciable rebuilding within the space I believe this view stays a lot the identical.
Canning, a distinguished Tory politician was till lately the British Prime Minister to have been in workplace for the shortest time, being Prime Minister for less than 119 days in April to August 1827. However his time in workplace was lower brief by his dying and never as Liz Truss’s by shame. Canning was additionally the final PM to have fought a duel after he, then International Secretary was challenged by the Secretary of State for Warfare and the Colonies. Fought with pistols on Putney Heath, Canning’s shot went extraordinarily large of the mark, however the struggle minister was a fairly higher shot and Canning was wounded within the leg.
I walked on down Grove Lane to Champion Hill, turning down right here and going previous a two homes in what appeared to me an Arts and Crafts type courting from 1907, because the lozenge on the central chimney data. Champion Hill is an odd avenue with a number of branches and a central cross-roads the place all 4 indicators level to Champion Hill. Fortuitously I had a map and knew to show proper to take me in direction of Denmark Hill and Ruskin Park, the place the following publish on this stroll will proceed.
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