East Lodge, Southwark

Summary

A lodge, built in 1842 by Henry Heard and Ann Hewitt for the Bethlehem Hospital, possibly to the designs of Sydney Smirke.

Reasons for Designation

East Lodge, 2 Barkham Terrace, Southwark, of 1842, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

Architectural interest:
* the lodge retains much of its original picturesque appearance and additions have been modest and unobtrusive.

Historic interest:
* as a gate lodge to a private roadway before a terrace of houses in central London, the building is a rarity which indicates the rapid expansion of the capital in the earlier-C19.

Group value:
* with the Lodge to the Imperial War Museum (Grade II), The Imperial War Museum building (Grade II), the Elizabeth Baxter Hostel and Attached Railings (Grade II) and numbers 96-102 Lambeth Road (Grade II).

History

In 1838 the grounds of the Bethlehem Hospital (also known as the Bethlem Hospital) were enlarged and the lines of St George’s Road and Lambeth Road were altered accordingly. This left a triangular plot of land which the freeholders, who were the City of London Corporation and the Bridge House Estate Trustees, assigned to the Governors of the Hospital as head leaseholders. They then proceeded to develop the land and sub-let the land in three parcels for development. The site on which Barkham Terrace would be built was let to Henry Heard of Castle Street and Ann Hewett of the New Kent Road. The original hospital building had been built to the designs of James Lewis in 1811-1814 (Grade II) and extensions to that structure were made between 1844 and 1846 by Philip Hardwick and Sydney Smirke, including the addition of wings and a taller dome over the centre of the building to house the chapel. An entrance lodge to the hospital grounds was also added in 1837 (Grade II). It is possible that Smirke or Hardwick also designed Barkham Terrace and its two lodges which were erected in 1842, although there is no documentary evidence of this.

The terrace was named after Edward Barkham, an C18 benefactor of the Bethlehem Hospital. The present building, 2 Barkham Terrace, was the eastern one of two single-storey lodges at either end of the terrace. The Union Baptist Chapel was built in the centre of the terrace in 1864 to the designs of JE Goodchild (demolished in 1952) and the western part of the terrace was demolished in 1939 and replaced by the Catholic Nursing Institute. The building immediately to the east of the lodge at 2 Barkham Terrace was established as a medical dispensary and its foundation stone was laid in 1841 by the Duke of Cambridge. Its ground floor was extended, apparently before 1839 according to the site plan signed by Sydney Smirke (see SOURCES), to abut the north-eastern wall of East Lodge. The western lodge was considerably altered in 2005 and is now a three-storey building.

A later, triangular bathroom was added to the north-west side of the Lodge, in the formerly open space to the rear of the building, and the north-east side is abutted by a single-storey addition to the rear of 52 Lambeth Road. It is suggested that the flat-roof may be a replacement structure but if that is the case, there is no evidence of what its original form may have been. It is understood that the original fireplaces have been removed.

Details

A lodge, built in 1842 by Henry Heard and Ann Hewitt on a site that was sub-let from the Bethlehem Hospital, possibly to the designs of Sydney Smirke.

MATERIALS & PLAN: stuccoed brick with an asphalted roof and single-storeyed, perhaps with an infilled basement. The plan is L-shaped with a triangular addition to the angle.

EXTERIOR: a projecting plinth and a string course above the ground floor both run around the building. The road front, facing south-east, is symmetrical with 2-light casement windows at either side of a projecting chimney stack. Above the string course is a parapet with chamfered stone coping. The chimney breast has a cartouche at parapet level with a coat of arms in a recessed, square panel. Above this are two, tall octagonal chimney stacks with moulded caps.

The entrance front, facing south-west, has a two-light casement to left, as before, and a doorway at right with a panelled, C20 door. Above the door, projecting beyond the parapet is a square panel containing the armorial shield of the Bethlehem Hospital.

The north-west side of the building is blind, but has a projecting chimney breast, similar to that on the road front, with a single, octagonal stack, as before. The later, triangular bathroom is lower and has a horizontal window to the top of the wall. The north-east side is abutted by a single-storey addition to the rear of 52 Lambeth Road.

INTERIOR: Not inspected.

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 3 October 2025 to amend details in the description and to reformat text to current standards

Sources

Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Harris, J, Antram, N, The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, (1989), 777
Darlington, I, Survey of London: Volume 25: St George's Fields (The parishes of St George the Martyr Southwark and St Mary Newington), (1955), 61-62
Cherry, B, Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: London 2: South, (1983), 579

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