View of the Elephant and Castle, Newington, looking west from the junction of the New Kent Road and Newington Causeway. 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. In the centre is the demolition site of the old Elephant and Castle pub, which would become a major roundabout. To the left 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. The vacant site was rebuilt as the London College of Printing, now the London College of Communication. On the right, at the junction of St George's Road and London Road, is a four-storey office building with a shop on the ground floor, Burton's Men Tailors. This was demolished and the site also now forms part of the roundabout. A small traffic island on the right has an elevated box for traffic policemen, and a policeman in a cape is standing outside beside a traffic light. A number of cars and lorries are negotiating the junction.