St Agnes Place

St Agnes Place was a squatted street in Kennington, south London, which resisted eviction orders for more than 30 years.

The street was run by a housing cooperative until 2005, when Lambeth London Borough Council obtained an eviction order.

An emergency High Court injunction, obtained by solicitors in Lambeth Law Centre, ordered the demolition to stop.

[citation needed] The resulting furore and publicity on a national scale prevented further demolition and led to the Conservative leader of the council stepping down.

But a large central block on both sides of the road were completely untouched, and were in occupation on the day of the attempted demolition, and thereafter.

[citation needed] The residents of St Agnes paid utility bills and for several years were run by a housing cooperative with diverse occupancy.

In November 2005, Lambeth London Borough Council finally obtained a High Court of Justice order to evict the residents of 21 properties.

A massive eviction happened on Tuesday 30 November 2005 by two hundred bailiffs and police wearing riot gear.

Lambeth Council stated their intention of helping the temple elders find new premises to rent.

[20] In 2024 an exhibition Echoes Within These Walls was held at Brixton House celebrating the temple and it's memory, including oral histories from former residents.