View of Elephant and Castle
View of Elephant and Castle
Record No
115761
Title
View of Elephant and Castle
Description
View of Elephant and Castle, Newington, looking north east from Newington Butts across the northern roundabout. A major crossroads since Roman times, Elephant and Castle is named after a coaching inn set at the junction. The area suffered devastation on 10th May 1941 during World War II bombing. On the right a square building with the London Underground roundel is the Elephant and Castle Northern Line Underground station. The original station opened in 1890, and was rebuilt during the construction of the Elephant & Castle shopping centre in 1965. It was rebuilt again in 2003. To the left in the centre of the roundabout a stainless steel box-shaped structure containing a London Underground electrical substation, The Michael Faraday Memorial. It was designed by modern movement architect Rodney Gordon in 1959 and built in 1961, commemorating Faraday's importance as a scientist; he was born in 1791 at nearby Newington Butts. It is Grade II listed, listing number 1385511. To the left of this is a building with a large advertisement for the South London Press newspaper, first published in 1865 by James Henderson; this was its original office. Beneath is the Bakerloo Line, Elephant and Castle Underground station opened in 1906, with classic Leslie Green designed oxblood colour tiling. In the distance are office blocks designed by Hungarian-born modernist architect Ernő Goldfinger and constructed for Arnold Lee of Imry Properties. Its first tenants were the Department of Health and it was known as Alexander Fleming House. In 2002 it was converted to flats, and is known as Metro Central Heights and Grade II listed, listing number 1405570. A man is walking into the subway system.
Date of execution
1966
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_368_66_6794
London picture map location
Exact
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