Crucifix Lane

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Dobraszczyk, P, 'Architectural History' in Historicizing Iron: Charles Driver And The Abbey Mills Pumping Station (1865-68) , , Vol. 49, (2006), 223-256 Our inspection experience was both positive and professionally satisfying: they agreed with our judgements of the school at this stage and we agreed with theirs. EH adds: "The two structures are not identical, but both are rare and they have equally strong claims to significance. It is appropriate that the London Bridge example joins that at St Pancras Station on the Heritage List for England."

The arches are located just 400 metres away from London Bridge, and should offer brand new spaces for even more new restaurants, cafes and bars to prosper in this bustling patch of the city. The work on the arches is already underway, and it is due for completion in spring 2024. The ever changing cityscape It’s been on the cards for a while and, sadly, we can announce today that Crucifix Lane in south-east London, is due to close down next month. Another victim of the capital’s growth and demand for space, Crucifix Lane will be forced to close due to the expansion of nearby London Bridge train station. It’s the second club to fall at the hands of Network Rail, following the demise of Cable not long ago. The newly listed arches are not directly threatened by Network Rail's proposals to redevelop London Bridge Station, for which planning applications have recently been submitted to Southwark Council, but the railway infrastructure company may have to reconsider some of the details of its scheme in the wake of this week's decision.

Following our recent Ofsted inspection (April 2023), we are ecstatic to announce that we have been graded GOOD in ALL areas – a first in our school’s history and the best report the school has ever received! Taylor, S, Green, O, The Moving Metropolis: a History of London's Transport since 1800 , (2001), 41

Members of our incredible school community, both past and present, have all played an instrumental part in this accomplishment; just like jigsaw pieces, every piece is valued. Network Rail engaged a planning consultant to oppose the listing of the arches, arguing that they date from the same era as many other surviving railway structures and the way they have been altered over the years has diminished their heritage value.MR SIMON FRANCIS JONES Historic Information COMPANY DIRECTOR CHAPTER HOUSE, 18-20 CRUCIFIX LANE, SE1 3JW historic interest: a surviving structure from the frenzied period of railway speculation in the 1860s, when London Bridge Station - London’s first major passenger terminus – expanded under the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway; In its recommendation to the minister, English Heritage wrote: "This is a rare instance of the architectural flourish usually reserved for stations in the Victorian period applied to railway infrastructure." authorship: designed by Charles Henry Driver, a Victorian architect who specialised in major civil engineering projects such as Abbey Mills Pumping Station and stations on the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway.

The report continues: "A similar run of arches at the goods shed of St Pancras Station on St Pancras Way is listed at Grade II, and provides a useful comparison. For Scotland, 2011 data is shown (update coming soon, the Scottish census was delayed by a year unlike the rest of the UK). It is also fitting that on the week that the final report is published, we celebrate our school reaching full capacity of pupils on roll (another first for the school!) and we enter Pride Month – and that is exactly how we are all feeling - PROUD.The report also tells the story of Charles Henry Driver's "vivid, polychromatic, Italianate house style" for the LBSCR. This row of commercial premises also have stone dressings, but are otherwise plainer in their composition and detailing than those at London Bridge."