Harkers Studio is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1989. Studio. 1 related planning application.
Harkers Studio
- WRENN ID
- wild-rafter-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southwark
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1989
- Type
- Studio
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SOUTHWARK
TQ3277 QUEEN'S ROW 636-1/10/626 (West side) 20/07/89 Harker's Studio
II
Painting rooms for theatrical scenery. 1904, part rebuilt mid C20. For Joseph Harker. English bond brick; gabled roof mostly glazed. Open plan. 2-storey gable end of 3 bays has red brick segmental arches over metal casements flanking double doors to ground and 1st floors; moulded red brick cornice beneath gable with louvred oculus. Rear elevation facing Horsley Street rebuilt in mid C20. INTERIOR: large room, lit by glazed roof, is occupied by large wooden paint frames with pulleys and counterweights; these occupy the side walls and the centre of the room. Large double doors to ground and 1st floors of rear wall. An important and rare survival of a theatrical scene-painting workshop, named after Joseph Harker (1855-1927) who was one of the most important theatrical scene painters of his day, having made this reputation through his designs for Henry Irving's productions at the Lyceum.
Listing NGR: TQ3255777915
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