Bellway Homes were partly responsible for the re-invention of Bermondsey Street through their redevelopment of what was the British Telecom depot on Leathermarket Street. The development, designed by architects CZWG, was heavily advertised in the Evening Standard with illustrations showing a couple, in evening dress, dancing the night away. Wishful thinking for Bermondsey in the early 1990s! However, the advertising raised Bermondsey's profile and marked the start of the mainstream development of Bermondsey. Today, the phrase 'a gap in Leathermarket St' would raise howls of protest about multi-nationals paying no tax but 'back in the day' there were other types of 'gap' in Leathermarket St.
From memory, the Bellway development was originally intended to carry on to the south, through to Long Lane. The owner of the adjacent industrial site (was the company called Dairymaid?) would not sell so the resultant Bellway scheme was rather more limited than the original vision.
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| A gap in Leathermarket St! |
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| Before the construction of 105 Bermondsey St |
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| During the conversion of Britz Brothers/Hepburn & Gale, Long Lane. |
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| When Blue Lion Court was another antiques warehouse. |
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| Just before the infill at the junction of Tyers Gate and Bermondsey St |
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| Bermondsey Wall. Now a completely impossible view. |
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