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Originally, the western part of the road was numbered as part of the A23; the latter now starts at Lambeth North tube station and no longer includes Westminster Bridge Road.
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was a performance venue that once stood at 225 Westminster Bridge Road. It was opened in 1773, was burned and rebuilt several times, and was finally demolished in 1893.
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Looking west along Westminster Bridge Road with the spire of Christ Church on the left and The Perspective Building designed by
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rebuilt its terminus in 1902, moving it to Westminster Bridge Road. The station was bombed in the
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in 1941 and subsequently closed. Its entrance remains intact at 121 Westminster Bridge Road.
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Between 1964 and 1994 the office block at 100 Westminster Bridge Road, then known as
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Between 1740 and 1746, the Commissioners of Westminster Bridge bought land from the
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and opened in 1865. It later became a cinema and, after being badly damaged in the
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in 1852 when it was built adjacent to the Canterbury Tavern. It was destroyed by
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one-way system (traffic flows eastbound only, including cycles) and ends at
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Survey of London: volume 23: Lambeth: South Bank and Vauxhall
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is at the west end of the street within the grounds of
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stood at 143 Westminster Bridge Road, commissioned by
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Lambeth North tube station on Westminster Bridge Road.
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for the approach to the bridge on the southern (then-
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Buildings page, Secret Intelligence Service web site
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Index


Assael Architecture
road
London
Lambeth
Southwark
Archbishop of Canterbury
Lambeth Marsh
Lord Mayor
City of London
Surrey
A302
County Hall
Westminster Bridge
York Road
A3036
Lambeth Palace Road

Waterloo station
Lower Marsh
Lambeth North Underground station
Baylis Road
Hercules Road
A23
Kennington Road
Bethlem Royal Hospital
Imperial War Museum
A3202
St George's
St George's Circus

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