William Booth Memorial Training College (Main Block)

SOUTHWARK

TQ3276 CHAMPION PARK 636-1/11/201 (South side) 27/09/72 William Booth Memorial Training College (main block) (Formerly Listed as: CHAMPION PARK William Booth Memorial Training College (Central block))

GV II

Central block of training establishment. 1932. By Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. Brown brick with stone dressings; low pitched, hipped tiled roofs to towers, the central one with a timber and brick eaves cornice; parapets to other parts. Stone capped high plinth. PLAN: long, 4-storey block with projecting 2-storey wings at either end, massive central tower and short end towers. EXTERIOR: entrance is approached by wide steps with stone torchieres at outer angles and is flanked by buttresses which merge into wall above 2nd floor. Wide, moulded stone arch to recessed double doors flanked by windows and with decorative pedimental treatment above initials "WB". Central 3 entrance bays project as part of tower, flanked by buttresses which merge into wall above 2nd floor, and with 3 square-headed windows on each floor. Similar windows to rest of block, except on 4th floor, where they are 2-light and round-headed, with Perpendicular-type tracery. Buttresses between ground-floor windows, which are slightly set back under receding astragal mouldings. Central tower has, at uppermost stage, four 2-light openings with stone, modified Perpendicular blank tracery above. Below this 3 very long, round-arched bell openings with pilaster strips between; and beneath each of these, double round-headed blank arches tapering down to blank wall below. Side wings are blank on street front but have 2 windows on each floor on inner return. Added block on inner corner of right wing with stairway leading up to mezzanine level entrance. INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ3291175987