Elephant House is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 August 1974. House. 5 related planning applications.
Elephant House
- WRENN ID
- broken-lintel-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southwark
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 August 1974
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SOUTHWARK
TQ3278 VICTORY PLACE 636-1/8/834 (North side) 21/08/74 No.4 Elephant House
II
House, originally chambers for single men, now 3 flats. c1840. Painted stock brick with slate roof, end chimney gables with kneelers corbelled out on front elevation, which has stepped brick cornice. 3 storeys, 3 bays. Door in plain reveal to centre bay with later wood surround. Cambered brick arches to all openings; sash windows with delicate glazing bars (except 1st- and 2nd-floor centre bay, which are casements). INTERIOR: recently converted; previously had 3 sets of chambers on either side of central staircase. Has sociological interest as an early example of the type of housing for single men which became increasingly popular later in the century; a rare example of the type south of the Thames.
Listing NGR: TQ3255278829
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