Cottage To South East Of Dulwich Picture Gallery And Attached Wall

SOUTHWARK

TQ3373 GALLERY ROAD 636-1/15/360 (East side) Cottage to south-east of Dulwich Picture Gallery and attached wall

GV II

Estate cottage. Early C19. Perhaps designed by Sir John Soane in conjunction with the Picture Gallery and Mausoleum (qv). Brick in stretcher bond to west-facing and south-facing elevations, the rest in Flemish bond. Hipped roof of slate. PLAN: L-shaped plan, with the angle of the L facing Gallery Road and the south; entrances in angle and on return parallel with Gallery Road. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. South-facing elevation of one-window range, one-window range to west elevation which projects to Gallery Road. 2-window ranges to west-facing elevation along inner corner of L and to north-facing elevation to Gallery. All ground-floor windows are segmental or camber-arched; all 1st-floor windows are flat-arched. Flat-arched entrance set in west end in a full-height bay with quadrant corners. Second flat-arched entrance set on west return from inner corner. Brick wall in Flemish bond runs east from rear of cottage then turns north to Gallery; rebuilt in parts. INTERIOR: not inspected. Forms a group with Dulwich Picture Gallery and Mausoleum (qv).

Listing NGR: TQ3305973585