Pelham Mission Hall in Lambeth Walk
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Pelham Mission Hall in Lambeth Walk
Pelham Mission Hall in Lambeth Walk
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SC_PHL_01_250_69_12278 (Collage 89894)
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London Metropolitan Archives: LCC Photograph Library
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Front elevation of the Pelham Mission Hall on Lambeth Walk, Vauxhall. The building is two storeys tall and constructed with Doulton brick. The left side of the building contains a balcony, on the right is a pedimented doorway. Below the pediment is written 'This hall is in connection with Lambeth Old Parish Church'. The central section is flanked with turrets and includes a arched window ending in a cartouche. In the window is a panel relating to the Croydon squadron of the Canadian Frontiersmen. Above is a frieze with the legend 'Pelham Mission Hall'. Discarded building material can be seen by the left doorway. An Austin A50 Cambridge is parked in front. Named after a local nineteenth-century rector, Francis G. Pelham, the hall was constructed in 1910, with the first brick being lain by the the Archbishop of Canterbury, Randall Thomas. Although the site is still owned by the Church, the building was converted into a Moore Sculpture Studio in 1979.
Front elevation of the Pelham Mission Hall on Lambeth Walk, Vauxhall. The building is two storeys tall and constructed with Doulton brick. The left side of the building contains a balcony, on the right is a pedimented doorway. Below the pediment is written 'This hall is in connection with Lambeth Old Parish Church'. The central section is flanked with turrets and includes a arched window ending in a cartouche. In the window is a panel relating to the Croydon squadron of the Canadian Frontiersmen. Above is a frieze with the legend 'Pelham Mission Hall'. Discarded building material can be seen by the left doorway. An Austin A50 Cambridge is parked in front. Named after a local nineteenth-century rector, Francis G. Pelham, the hall was constructed in 1910, with the first brick being lain by the the Archbishop of Canterbury, Randall Thomas. Although the site is still owned by the Church, the building was converted into a Moore Sculpture Studio in 1979.
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