Stamford Street
There are two large Georgian terraces, a school and the entrance to a chapel from the 1820s; a Victorian bank and hotel; an Edwardian hospital now used for student accommodation; early 20th century industrial buildings now forming the Waterloo campus of King's College London; office buildings from the 1930s and 70s; housing co-operatives from the 1980s and 90s; and a 21st-century residential tower with a second one planned.
At the western end, in the middle of a large roundabout, is the British Film Institute London IMAX Cinema.
[2] During World War II the area suffered bomb damage, but Stamford Street was by-passed by post-war development of the South Bank.
[4] In 1977 a developer announced plans to build offices and Europe's tallest hotel on eight largely derelict sites around Coin Street.
The Greater London Council owned half of the land and blocked the development, selling the site to Coin Street Community Builders in 1984,[5] with the aim of making the area a better place to live, work and visit by creating a mix of uses.
Between 1984 and 1988 derelict buildings were demolished,[6] housing co-operatives were built, and a new park was created between Stamford Street and the riverside.
Starts at: Blackfriars Road 1 Stamford Street - a Grade II listed 4-storey commercial building, built c1870 in red brick with stone dressings.
Dorset House, 27-45 Stamford Street - an 8-storey office building of rusticated stone, which curves to follow the road.
[14] It was designed by James Mountague for the Benevolent Society of Saint Patrick, an educational charity for poor Irish children in London.
The schoolrooms were planned as wings each side of a centre block containing committee rooms and living quarters for the master and mistress.
[17] 65-87 Stamford Street - a Grade II listed 4-storey Regency terrace, built in 1829 in stock brick with stone dressings.
[19] 89 Stamford Street - a Grade II listed 3-storey house built in the early 19th century of stock brick with parapet.
[20] 91 Stamford Street - a Grade II listed 4-storey house built in the early 19th century of stock brick with parapet.
[18] 95-123 Stamford Street - a Grade II listed Regency terrace of 4-storey town houses, built in 1829.
[18] The lower 3 storeys were built in 1930 as a headquarters for the London Electricity Supply Co, and named Lesco House.
It was designed by Richard Seifert and Partners as a 5-storey office podium building for the King's Reach Tower with a concrete frame structure and smoked glass and was built during 1973–78.
58-60 Stamford Street - a 6-storey office building with high brick arches and glazed infills, reflecting the Unitarian chapel portico opposite.
[32] It is built in warm red brick with varnished oak cladding, zinc and copper roofs with large French doors overlooking the gardens.
It was built between 1912 and 1915 for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, known as Cornwall House, with tunnels connecting it to nearby Waterloo Station.
Before HMSO could move in the building was requisitioned in 1915 for use as a military hospital, and the tunnels were used to transfer wounded soldiers arriving by train.
[40] Conway Hall, 51-55 Waterloo Road - a Grade II-listed 5-storey building of red brick with terracotta dressing, and open arcading on 3 upper floors.
