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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
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
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
External links
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- open for business Artslav open for business
- The Loo-vre
- Denny Garden Blog
- London Live TV 9 June 2013
- Facts about Arts Lav – video
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
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- ↑ Disappearing London, presented by Suggs, ITV, 31 January 2006. Item 3.
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- ↑ Edmund Bird – Borough Conservation Officer, Lambeth, 12 May 2001.
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- ↑ http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/sites/default/files/pl-listed-buildings-beginning-with-k_0.pdf Шаблон:Dead link
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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