Bishop'S Hall And George Bell House

TQ3279 636-1/5/24 08/10/73

SOUTHWARK

AYRES STREET (East side) Nos.8 AND 8A Bishop's Hall (No.8) and George Bell House (No.8A) (Formerly Listed as: AYRES STREET (East side) No.8 (George Hill House) with Hall behind)

GV II

Community building in a domestic style, with former Redcross Hall incorporated to rear, now studios and an office and flat. 1887-90. By Elijah Hoole. Red brick with tilehanging, pitched tiled roof with 3 tile-hung gables. Strong Arts and Craft influence. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Entranceways in outer bays, with pointed arches and moulded brick hood moulds, that to left leading to hall, that to right slightly smaller with stairs leading up behind grille. 4-panel door to its left with overlight. 2 large 4-pane sash windows to ground floor. 2-light sash windows to 1st floor beneath each gable. Deep tile-hung band between floors. 2 prominent chimney stacks, 1 on ridge with decorative moulded top. Hall (now a studio with inserted false ceiling) stretches back to a Gothic facade with simple lancet windows, terminating the row of Redcross Cottages overlooking Redcross Gardens (qv). INTERIOR: not inspected. Nos 8 & 8A form an important group with Nos 1-6, Whitecross Cottages, (qv) and the Redcross Cottages, Redcross Way (qv), fronting Redcross Gardens behind, demonstrating the ideals of Octavia Hill, the pioneer of wholesome working-class housing.

Listing NGR: TQ3230679965