5 Lambeth Walk, London



Architect
 Original architect unknown - refurbished by Quentin Fleming Architects
Date Built
 1958
Location
 5 Lambeth Walk
Description
If it wasn't for the fact that the date stone at the top of this building on Lambeth Walk says AD 1958, it wouldn't be hard to imagine that, from a style perspective, it dates from the 1930s. 



In 1879 Lambeth Corporation built a municipal swimming baths at the corner of Lambeth Road and Kennington Road.  It operated for 56 years until a V2 bomb destroyed it on January 4th, 1945.  This building was erected to replace the former baths.  It wasn't a swimming baths but it did offer slipper baths and laundry facilities to local residents.

In the 1990s it was converted by Quentin Fleming Architects into a doctors' group practice associated with Kings College Hospital.  The practice occupies the front of the building.  Their website explains that, "... Historically, Lambeth Walk Group Practice has been owned and run by King’s College to act as a training practice for GP’s and medical students. Approximately 4 years ago, the practice separated from King’s, while maintaining a close working relationship with the college. The practice regularly trains medical students from year 1 through to year 5. It also currently partners with King’s to train international medical students and the London Deanery to train GP Registrars."





Since 2014 the building has also been home to Kings College's Math School.  They occupy part of this building and, "... A second building ... located just a few metres away with an entrance on Kennington Road. The two buildings together create the sense of a campus.  A complete interior refurbishment of the buildings was completed in 2014 prior to the school opening, and the buildings now provide a connected, spacious environment featuring well-appointed and varied learning spaces which encourage communication and creativity.  There are five large classrooms, two modern science laboratories, a dedicated computing suite, a library and numerous student work spaces. The school also features a design laboratory equipped with construction tools that include a 3D printer and a laser cutter: it is in the design laboratory where students can develop and test their ideas. Students will be able to collaborate closely in the numerous group rooms and break-out spaces which surround the core teaching and learning areas."