CAMBERWELL NEW ROAD
Camberwell New Road, was a Turnpike road
authorized by Act of Parliament in 1818. A large
number of uninteresting two- and three-storey
stock brick terrace houses were built along either
side of the road during the course of the next
twenty years. Those which were built on the
Lambeth Wick Estate are described on pages 116–117,
and the remainder of the houses which are
within the borough of Lambeth are dealt with
here. Part of the road is in the borough of
Camberwell, and the houses facing that part of
the road are not included in this volume.
Nos. 185, 187, 189; 191–199 (odd); 201–205 (odd); 207–223 (odd) Camberwell New Road
Formerly Nos. 11 and 12 South Place, Clifton Cottage;
1–5 (consec.) Clifton Place North; 1–3 (consec.) Victoria
Place; 9–1 (consec.) Chancery Place.
All these houses were erected between 1830 and
1840; (ref. 37) only No. 189 has any distinction
(Plate 55d). It is a double-fronted house of two
storeys with a stock brick front of charming
design. The entrance, flanked by Greek Doric
columns, is set in a stucco channelled surround
with an arched head. The windows of both
storeys are set in arched recesses joined by plain
impost bands. Above the first-floor windows the
wall face is adorned by shaped panels of stucco
containing the name “CLIFTON COTTAGE’
and the date “1833”. The parapet has
a cornice and blocking course.
Nos. 154–166 (even); 168–198 (even); 200–228 (even) Camberwell New Road
Formerly Nos. 7–1 (consec.) Norfolk Place; 1–16 (consec.)
Clifton Place; 1–15 (consec.) Chepstow Place
On the south side of the road between Vassall
and Lothian Roads are a number of uninteresting
two-and three-storey houses. Nos.154–166 were
erected between 1824 and 1830. (ref. 37) Nos. 168–198
were all built before 1840; six of them were
already completed in 1830. (ref. 37)
Between Lothian and Flodden Roads Nos.
200–204 were erected between 1837 and 1839,
and Nos. 206–210 were erected in 1835–6. (ref. 38)
Together they form two groups of three with the
cornice and blocking course of the end houses at
a slightly lower level. Nos. 202–208 are unified
by a continuous sill-band on the first floor and by
the linking of the moulded imposts of the ground
floor doorways and windows. The houses have
fluted quadrant reveals to the doorways with
mutule transoms, and the long landings before the
entrances have anthemion-ornamented cast-iron
railings. No. 212 was erected in 1826–7. (ref. 38)
It is a severe and well-proportioned three-storey
house with semi-basement and flanked by single-storey
wings. The wings and main façade are
finished with stone cornices and blocking courses.
The recessed elliptical-headed doorway and window
in each wing and the three round-headed
windows between them, are linked by impost
bands. The entrance doorway has plain wooden
Doric columns. No. 214 was erected in 1830–2,
Nos. 216 and 218 in 1839–40, Nos. 220 and
222 in 1836–7, and Nos. 224–228 in 1830–2. (ref. 38)
No. 224 is a detached two-storey house; the
remainder have three storeys and semi-basements.
St. John the Apostle Junior Mixed
and Infants‘ School, Warham Street
This school was opened on August 5, 1872, (ref. 39)
in premises in James (now Warham) Street; (ref. 39) the
original buildings accommodated 400 children. (ref. 40)
A number of later additions have been made (ref. 41)
including the three-storey red brick and Portland
stone front to Camberwell New Road. Part of
the buildings are now occupied by St. Michael
and All Angels‘ Secondary Modern School.