Southbank House
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General information | |
| Type | Office |
Architectural style | Gothic Revival Architecture |
| Location | Lambeth, London, England |
| Coordinates | 51°29′32″N 0°07′14″W / 51.4923°N 0.1206°W |
Completed | 1878 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Southbank House |
| Designated | 11 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]
It also served as the headquarters of consulting engineering firm Mouchel (formerly L. G. Mouchel & Partners Ltd) after the company relocated there in 1960.[4]
References
- ↑ "Southbank House, Non Civil Parish - 1200776 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2026-03-14.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Personal and Business - Business Announcements". The Engineer. Vol. 209, no. 5444. London, UK: Morgan Brothers (Publishers) Ltd. 1960-05-27. p. 916. ISSN 0013-7758. Retrieved July 17, 2026.