Open House 2017
Star buildings in Lambeth that will open their doors to the public on 16 and 17 Sepember include:
Christ Church Streatham
Grade 1 listed, with pioneering multi-coloured bricks and multicultural influences.
Brixton Windmill
A reminder of Brixton’s rural past, restored to working order in 2011.
Clapham Library
Opened 2012, with a spiral theme allows multiple use, but feels like one space to emphasise sense of community.
Clapham Old Town and Venn Street
Two-hour guided walk through streets radically redesigned (in partnership with Lambeth Council) to favour pedestrians and cyclists.
Clockworks
Curator-led tours of West Norwood museum devoted to accurate timekeeping from the Victorian era to the 1970s.
Edible Bus Stop studios
Arch 511 is a former garage using reclaimed materials to create a workshop for urban gardeners.
15b Herne Hill Road
Reclaimed and unusual materials define a new living space in the roof of Victorian terraced house.
The Old Vic
Georgian exterior (1818) and restored Victorian interior. Only London theatre of its time still open.
Pullman Court
Grade 2 listed mid-1930s modernism in Streatham Hill.
Rambert
The dance company’s home includes state of the art facilities for the creation of new choreography and music. RIBA National Award winner 2014.
Royal Festival Hall
The SouthBank complex is Key British modernism. The Festival Hall, built for 1951 Festival of Britain, is a Grade 1 listed working public building.
Sail Street
New for 2017 – homes for first-time buyers from Pocket Living.
Southbank Place
Start at developer’s site office for two-hour tour of the former Shell centre 5.25 acre redevelopment site. Pre-book only with SouthbankPlace in subject line of booking email.
South London Botanical Institute
Victorian villa hardly changed inside since SLBI founded in 1910. Bespoke period wallpaper designed to reflect the founder’s plant collection
West Norwood Cemetery
90 minute tours starting 2, 2.30 and 3pm – opened 1937, includes monuments to famous Victorians and Greek chapel (1872)
For more information
Contact Open House for a detailed guide to the opening times, architects and what to look for in Open House buildings all over London.
Use the search engine on the Open House information page to search for buildings by borough, by style and period, or for the job buildings ‘do’ – eg schools, homes, offices, factories and more.
