Elevated view of Elephant and Castle, Newington, looking north. 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. To the right is the classical facade of the Baptist Church, The Metropolitan Tabernacle, designed by William Willmer Pocock and completed in 1861. Seriously damaged by bombing, the facade with Corinthian columns and a triangular pediment was restored, and in 1957 the church rebuilt on the original perimeter walls but to a different design. Behind this is the London College of Printing, built by the London County Council in 1964, which became the London College of Communication in 2004. In the distance, in the centre of the northern Elephant and Castle roundabout is 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. Behind 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 Elephant and Castle Underground station on the Bakerloo line, opened in 1906, with classic Leslie Green designed oxblood colour tiling. To the right, the Elephant and Castle shopping centre is under construction, and over it is Hannibal House. The complex designed by Boissevain & Osmond for the Willets Group, was the first covered shopping mall in Europe, opening in March 1965. It was demolished in 2021 and replaced by high-rise flats. Numerous vehicles including cars, lorries, buses and a moped are navigating the southern roundabout and Newington Butts.