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in Church Street (now known as Lambeth Road) which had been completed in 1809. The site selected by the Lambeth Vestry for the new building, on the east side of Kennington Road, had not previously been developed because of its dampness: it had previously formed part of the estate of the Manor of
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from the early 21st century until 2015. Following a further refurbishment, which was completed in 2016, the building became a creative hub for film production businesses.
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in 1900, the civic leaders decided that the old building was inadequate for their needs and decided to procure a much larger building at the corner of
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The outer sections was increased in height when an extra storey was added to each section to create more office space in 1873. After the area became a
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in July 1986. The building was refurbished to a design by Rolfe Judd in 1995 and then served as the headquarters of the
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The building remained the society's headquarters until, as The Children's Society, it relocated to new offices at
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supporting entablatures. Internally, the principal room was the main assembly hall which featured a
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The new building was designed by the local architects, Raymond Willshire and Robert Parris, in the
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Church of England Incorporated Society for Providing Homes for Waifs and Strays
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Old Town Hall (Church of England Children's Society), Kennington Road, SE11
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visited the building to meet the society's children in 1935. During the
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The lease on the vacant building in Kennington Road was assigned to the
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Doing Business in the Countryside: The Complete Guide to Rural Commerce
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Kennington Road
Kennington
51°29′12″N 0°06′40″W / 51.4867°N 0.1111°W / 51.4867; -0.1111
Neoclassical style
Listed Building
Old Town Hall, Kennington Road is located in London Borough of Lambeth
Kennington Road
Kennington
Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth
Grade II listed
vestry
Lambeth
Duchy of Cornwall
neoclassical style
tetrastyle
portico
Tuscan order
antae
entablature
modillioned
cornice
pediment
architraves
keystones
pilasters
gallery
apse
metropolitan borough
Brixton Hill

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