Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project

Three Reliefs with Allegorical Figures, 86 Camberwell Rd.

Region ID

CL

Work ID

1119

Manual Reference

CLSK/43

Title

Three Reliefs with Allegorical Figures, 86 Camberwell Rd.

Date of design

Year of unveiling

Unveiling details

Road

Camberwell Rd.

Precise Location

No 86 Camberwell Road. On the frontage

A to Z Ref

OS Ref

Postcode

SE5

Work is

Extant

Listing Status

II

Duty of Care

Commissioned by

Notes

One oval and two oblong relief panels with reclining allegorical figures in Baconian style. Above 1st floor . . . high parapet with Coade stone oval medallion in crest containing figure of Flora in high relief; patera beneath flanked by 2 rectangular Coade stone panels containing goddesses of plenty.

According to Cherry and Pevsner, No 86 is a former stonemason’s premises. The panels were originally on the house of the eminent physician, Dr John Coakley Lettsom, in Camberwell Grove.

circa

raw year

Condition

Don't know

At risk

No known risk

Inscriptions

Signatures

Elements

Element Details

Part of work

Material

Dimensions

Three Reliefs

Coade Stone

Assessment of Condition

Surface Character: nothing recorded

Structural Condition: nothing recorded

Vandalism: nothing recorded