Description

SOUTHWARK

TQ3278 WALWORTH ROAD
636-1/8/837 (West side)
31/01/74 Nos.140, 142, 150 & 152
(Formerly Listed as:
WALWORTH ROAD
(West side)
Nos.140-152 (Even))

II

7 houses. 1793-1799, altered 1978. By Francis Hurlblatt,
architect/surveyor. Yellow stock brick and stucco dressings
with slate mansard with dormers. Pediment to left section
(No.152) added 1978.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, attic and raised basement. No.140-142
(former centre to terrace): 3 bays each under pediment with
mutule cornice and medallion with relief figure in tympanum.
Wide flight of steps up to C20 portico with altered, wide C20
doorway; round-headed ground-floor windows in round-arched
recesses with stucco band at spring. Ground- and 1st-floor
sash windows, 2nd-floor casements.
No.150 (former Nos 144-148): 2 bays to each former house, 3
openings each to ground floor; mutule cornice with brick
parapet above. Round-headed door with cornice head and radial
fanlight to centre (other doors now altered to windows).
Gauged brick arches to sash windows with glazing bars, those
to ground floor with round arches, those on upper floors with
flat arches. Stucco strings to ground-floor springs, and
1st-floor sill band.
No.152 (former Nos 150-152): similar to No.150 but with 3 bays
to each former house and late C20 addition of pediment. Door
is in outer bay, that to former No.150 now replaced by window.
Basement level to Nos 150 & 152 rebuilt projecting to form
balcony for ground floor (which is raised above street level).
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Part of a terrace built by Francis Hurlblatt in 1793-9; now
remodelled as unified composition for Labour Party
Headquarters.

Listing NGR: TQ3216178598

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• John Smith House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q6258392

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Recommended Books

• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback