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There's an excellent piece in the current Private Eye (no 1230) about an abandoned house in East Dulwich. Apparently it's at 549 Lordship Lane and is commonly known as The Concrete House; it was designed by Charles Barry jnr in 1873 and is one of London's earliest surviving concrete structures. I've looked up and down Lordship Lane and can't seem to see it anywhere - does anyone know where it is?

The article is on p14 (Nooks and corners) if you want to have a read.

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I'm becoming a bit of a bore on this subject after writing about it, but as far as I'm aware it wasn't designed by Charles Barry. Not that this matters ? it is believed to be the last surviving concrete house built by Drake, one of the very early pioneers of the technology. See here for more:


http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/feb/19/victorian-concrete-house




Sorry, I am going to lock this new thread as there is already a discussion about it here http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,185836 - The Administrator

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