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ArtsLav, Kennington Cross, 2014

ArtsLav was an arts venue located at Kennington Cross in Kennington , London, England. It started life as an underground Victorian gentlemen's public lavatory . It is now a listed and restored Kennington landmark used as a community arts facility, Artslav. Engineered by B. Finch and Co. in 1898. It went out of commission in 1988 during a period of public convenience closures in Lambeth .

Original features included marble urinals, three cubicles, a glass water tank, a mosaic floor from the 1960s, an attendant's booth, a ventilator shaft and horse trough.

History [ edit ]

Charlie Chaplin is thought to have used the lavatory during his childhood, and writes about sitting nearby when locked out of his home. [1]

The lavatory was featured on Disappearing London [2] in January 2006, an ITV programme that highlighted endangered London landmarks. [3] After campaigning, led by Celia Stothard a local resident, and extensive fundraising, fundamental repairs were carried our with electricity and water being re-installed in 2013. [4] [5]

From 2013 until 2017, it functioned as a local community arts centre and a base for community employment projects. It became a Community Interest Company run by local residents and artists. [6]

In 2018, the local authority leased the structure to a commercial wine bar group, Bermondsey Arts Club. [7]

Features [ edit ]

In 2001, Lambeth Council described it as containing the following features of architectural and historical interest:

  • A fine stone cattle trough erected by the Metropolitan Drinking Trough Association in the 19th century (c.1880) ? supported on four sturdy stone pillars.
  • Elegant black painted cast iron railings enclosing the stairway down to the former public lavatory beneath.
  • An imposing ventilation pipe over 6 meters in height ? also of cast iron, mounted on a substantial black painted metal plinth. [8]

It has been Grade II listed since October 2001. [9] [10] [11]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ Chaplin, Charlie (2003). My Autobiography . Penguin. pp. 28?31. ISBN   978-0141011479 .
  2. ^ fokxorg (24 September 2009). "Project ArtsLav" – via YouTube.
  3. ^ Disappearing London, presented by Suggs, ITV, 31 January 2006. Item 3.
  4. ^ "YouTube ? Electricity arrives at Kennington's ArtsLav" . youtube.com . Retrieved 11 May 2014 .
  5. ^ "UK Power Networks ? Lighting up Kennington's ArtsLav" . ukpowernetworks.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014 . Retrieved 11 May 2014 .
  6. ^ "Artslav" . artslav.blogspot.co.uk . Retrieved 11 May 2014 .
  7. ^ "The Bermondsey Arts Club & Cocktail Bar" . The Bermondsey Arts Club .
  8. ^ Edmund Bird ? Borough Conservation Officer, Lambeth, 12 May 2001.
  9. ^ Historic England . "GENTLEMENS UNDERGROUND LAVATORY AND ABOVE GROUND STRUCTURES: VENTILATION SHAFT AND RAILINGS AND 4 BOLLARDS AND CATTLE TROUGH (1389445)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 28 September 2016 .
  10. ^ http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/sites/default/files/pl-listed-buildings-beginning-with-k_0 . pdf [ dead link ]
  11. ^ "KENNINGTON CROSS Gentlemen's underground lavatory and above ground structures: ventilation shaft, railings, 4 bollards and cattle trough" (PDF) . 4 November 2009 . Retrieved 8 July 2014 .

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