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Nos 204-212 Lambeth Road (formerly 1-5 Union Place), surviving dwellings from twin terraces of houses built in 1778 by William Head and Joseph Buckmaster. In No 210, second from left, Singleton's Eye Ointment was made, invented by a Lambeth doctor, Thomas Johnson in the 17th century. The potter Stephen Green, who was related to the Singletons by marriage, lived in the house from 1829-77 and continued to manufacture the ointment. No.204 was briefly (1829-30) the home of dramatist William Thomas Moncrieff, who had been manager of Astley's, the Coburg Theatre and Vauxhall Gardens. The Victorian building on the far right was the gatehouse for Archbishop Temple's Boy's School, built in 1902-04. The school buildings now belong to the Marine Society and Sea Cadets (MSSC). The Marine Society was founded in 1756 to provide support for professional sea farers and combined with the Sea Cadets in 2004. 

Details
Collection:	Department of Town Planning
Image type:	Photograph
Artist:
Ref:	08815
Identifier:	LBL/DTP/UD2/1/12/343
Date:	c.1968

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