View of Clock Place
View of Clock Place
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Record No
113774
Title
View of Clock Place
Description
View of Clock Place, Elephant and Castle, looking north from Hampton Street. Almshouses on Clock Passage are in the foreground. These were erected on land bought in 1894 by the Elephant and Castle Charity (est. 1658) for £1,250 and the four almshouses erected at a cost of £4,044. Each house accommodated four people. They were the only buildings in the street to survive the bombing in World War II, but as part of redevelopment plans, the almshouses were compulsorily acquired by the Greater London Council and Southwark Council in 1969 as part of the Elephant and Castle Redevelopment Plan, and demolished. Modern terraced housing now occupies this site, and Clock Place no longer exists. The tower block is Draper House, a 24-storey building which when it was built was the tallest structure in London. The design was by Hubert Bennett of the London City Council’s Architects Department and inspired by Le Corbusier. The block of maisonettes is on Woolaston Close. A number of vehicles are parked in Clock Place including a Ford Zephyr, a Morris Minor and a Mini.
Date of execution
1965
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_366_65_660
London picture map location
Exact
Subjects
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