Southbank House

Southbank House
Interactive map of the Southbank House area
General information
TypeOffice
Architectural styleGothic Revival Architecture
LocationLambeth, London, England
Coordinates51°29′32″N 0°07′14″W / 51.4923°N 0.1206°W / 51.4923; -0.1206
Completed1878
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameSouthbank House
Designated11 February 1974
Reference no.1200776

Southbank House is a Grade II listed[1] office building in Lambeth, London. It was completed in 1878 to the design of Robert Stark Wilkinson to house the offices of the Doulton pottery company.

The building is a survivor of the much larger pottery works that stood around the site before closing in 1956.[2] The extant Southbank House formerly serving as the museum and art school. The building is adorned with gothic terracotta detailing such as a tympanum relief of potters. The detailing serves as a sort of public advertisement as Doulton worked in the production of architectural terracotta.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Southbank House, Non Civil Parish - 1200776 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2026-03-14.
  2. ^ Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus, eds. (2002), London. 2: South / by Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner (1. publ. by Yale Univ. Press ed.), Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, p. 367, ISBN 978-0-300-09651-4
  3. ^ Dixon, Roger; Muthesius, Stefan (1978). Victorian architecture: with a short dictionary of architects. The world of art library. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-500-18163-8.