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Fount
Street Housing Scheme, Stockwell, 1947

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Fount
Street Housing Scheme, off Wandsworth Road,
with access from Fount Street and Hemans Street.
The first image from the brochure shows Darlington
House, named after Rev.Darlington, vicar of
St.Mark's Church, Kennington.
Opened on 18th October 1947, the flats included
lifts,a central hot water supply and a communal
laundry.
This lower images show the layout plan as
well as an axonometric view of a typical 3
bedroom flat.
The rent in 1947 for a four room flat with
kitchen, bathroom and lavatory was 27 shillings
and 6 pence (27/6d), currently £1.37.5p.
Souvenir of the Official Opening,
published by Battley Brothers Ltd. for the
Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth, 1947. |
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Swann
Inn,
Stockwell, c. 1780 |
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Angell's
House,
Stockwell, c. 1800 |
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Stockwell
Station,
Stockwell, c. 1918 |
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