55, Bermondsey Street

SOUTHWARK

TQ3379 BERMONDSEY STREET 636-1/5/37 (East side) 31/05/96 No.55

II

Tannery. Late C19. Brick in English bond with stone and red brick dressings; black brick plinth. Roof parapeted. Gothic Revival style. 5 storeys over basement. 7-window range, the elevation asymmetrically arranged about a large, segmental-arched carriageway in the 3rd- and 4th-window ranges. Springing band of diaperwork links ground-floor openings and recesses. All openings and recesses are segmental-arched unless otherwise noted. To the left cusped roundel set in recess. At the left party wall a flat-arched entrance set in high recess which was originally a loading bay similar to that which forms the 6th-window range. All openings in these loading bays are flat-arched, those in the first are later insertions. The 3rd- and 4th-window ranges are coupled, the windows sharing a colonnette. Keyed lintels to all original windows, those on the top floor intersecting the bracketed cornice. Sill bands of geometric patterns to 2nd through 4th floors. The lower related buildings to the yard at the rear are 3 storeys with segmental-arched windows on a roughly L-shaped plan. INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ3321679847