Building in Falmouth Road and Surrey Dispensary
Building in Falmouth Road and Surrey Dispensary
Record No
115770
Title
Building in Falmouth Road and Surrey Dispensary
Description
Front elevation of 20-40 Falmouth Road, and the Surrey Dispensary at 32 Trinity Street, Bermondsey. The Surrey Dispensary, a single-storey building in stucco was built in 1840. The parapet over the entrance bears the inscription 'Surrey Dispensary Founded 1777'. The building is Grade II listed, listing number 1385522. The dispensary opened in 1777 in Union Street, and was "a charitable institution for gratuitously attending lying-in women and providing medical and surgical aid to the poor inhabitants of the borough of Southwark and places adjacent." It closed in 1971. Adjacent, 4-18 Falmouth Road form a three-storey terrace with basements and parapet roofs, built 1835-41, but altered in the twentieth century. Original cast-iron railings surround the basement areas. Originally known as Taunton Place, numbers 4, 10, 12 and 18 are Grade II listed, listing number 1385520. Numbers 20-40 form a two-storey terrace with basements and parapet roofs, built in 1835-41. Original railings enclose the basement areas. This terrace originally known as Queens Terrace is Grade II listed, listing number 1385521. There are a number of cars parked on the street.
Date of execution
1968
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_368_68_5700
London picture map location
Exact
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