Pullens Yards
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The Pullens Buildings, Crampton Street, Southwark, London.
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These are some of the few remaining work and live Victorian tenement buildings in London. They exist today because of a campaign by squatters in the 1980s who fought local government housing policy and police raids to save them. Built between 1886 and 1901 by local trader, James Pullen, the 12 blocks of buildings were designed to house workers and craftsmen who could use units in the cobbled mews yards behind. Ground floor properties had direct access to the work units through rear connecting doors. Those that survived the Luftwaffe’s bombs during the Blitz bombing raids of World War 2 were bought by the local government in 1977. They had become heavily run down and some were demolished. By the mid 1980s many of the flats became occupied by squatters. The local government wanted to demolish what was left of the estate and arranged for mass evictions with the help of the police. Many were arrested for refusing the leave the flats they had made home. The squatters won out though and twenty years later the buildings’ importance was recognised when they were granted conservation area status by Southwark Council. Many of the original squatters then won the right to buy the leaseholds of their homes at discount prices through new housing laws introduced by Margaret Thatcher’s government. Some former squatters went on to make a fortune when they sold on their properties after London housing prices rocketed. Whatever your politics on squatting or Thatcherism the Pullens Estate was saved and remains as a fine example of late Victorian London Stock Brick built architecture. They five remaining streets now sit alongside new build apartments erected by private developers who have cashed in on the help of local government which is investing heavily to redevelop the Elephant and Castle area on which the Pullens borders. The flats are occupied today by a mixture of local authority tenants and private owners but the local authority however retains the freehold to the estate. The Pullens Yards still provide for specialised small businesses with lots of unusual traders in residence including a lute maker, potters, a dress maker and a number of artists. The yards traders open their workshops twice a year for the public to see and buy their wares. At the end of Crampton Street (pictured here) is the Fare-Shares Food Co-Op – a non profit vegetable and grocery store.
O Central Building, Crampton Street, Elephant & Castle, London
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New build at 83 Crampton Street, Elephant and Castle, London SE17. Designed by Spacecraft and Tate & Hindle. The adjecent affordable housing part of this development is vile and sadly looks out onto and damages the Pullens Estate conservation area. I know about the dust spots - anyone with tips on sensor cleaning I'd love to hear from you!
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August 28th
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Phuong cooks a lovely risotto and bakes a migthy fine cake. Here she is with a generous gift of a plastic cricket bat.
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Nearest places of interest:
| Cleaver Square Brandon estate Wyndham and Comber Estate Aylesbury Estate | Oakmayne Plaza Metro Central Heights Metropolitan Tabernacle Elephant and Castle |
