Former St Saviour's Library

John Johnson (1843-1920)

1893

White Suffolk bricks with beer stone dressings

56 Southwark Bridge Road, London

English Renaissance [style].... The builder was Mr. H. L. Holloway, of Deptford. The carving, designed by the architect, was exceedingly well executed by Mr. Baird, of 8, Heron Road, Herne Hill. The keystone to the principal entrance in Southwark Bridge Road is enriched by the head of Minerva, the Goddess of Wisdom (Southwark Annual for 1895). [Commentary continues below.]

Photograph © Julian Osley, adjusted for colour here, and text by Andy Rose with Lisa Edwards (see Johnson's chronology).

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