Detail of "Royal London Buildings" carved into the frieze above the windows at the north corner

Date:
30 Jul 2009
Location:
Royal London Buildings, 644 Old Kent Road, Southwark, Greater London Authority
Reference:
DP102167
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

Built as the offices of the Royal London Friendly Society for Granting Policies of Insurance to the Working Classes, with flats for the use of the society's salesman above. Since converted to private residences and the ground floor occupied by E Coombes Ltd, Bookmakers and later Ladbrookes.

Content

This is part of the Job: 2K/14410 Survey Of The Old Kent Road Area, Southwark, Greater London Authority; within the Volume: VF000541 Survey Of The Old Kent Road Area, Southwark, Greater London Authority; within the Series: EHC01/002 Eh Architectural Requests; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Corrie, Nigel: English Heritage

Keywords

Victorian Office, Victorian Flats