The main facade faced toward Southwark and there were towers at each of the four corners, topped with onion domes. The east and west sides of the building, which protruded beyond the bridge out over the Thames were elaborately carved. The northern facade of the building abutted other propertie...
Pickle Herring Street in the 1947 photo is the street winding through the warehouses, it had been here for many years but has now disappeared along with all the warehouses lining this stretch of the Thames in the redevelopment of this area of the south bank for City Hall (the building tha...
If you're feeling energetic, you could carry on tracing the southern section of fortification through Lambeth, past the Imperial War Museum and on to Bermondsey. One feature to look out for here is a plaque to the defences — the only one we know about — outside Southwark Police Station....