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ArtsLav is an arts venue located at Kennington Cross in Kennington, London, U.K. It started life as an underground Victorian Gentlemen's public lavatory. It is now a listed and restored Kennington landmark used as a community arts facility Artslav. Engineered by B. Finch and Co. in 1898. It went out of commission in 1988 during a period of public convenience closures in Lambeth. Original features include: marble urinals, 3 cubicles, a glass water tank, a mosaic floor from the sixties, the attendant's booth, a ventilator shaft and horse trough. Charlie Chaplin will have been one of its patrons in his childhood and writes about sitting by the lavs when locked out of his home. In 2001 Lambeth Council described it as containing the following features of architectural and historical interest: A fine stone cattle trough erected by the Metropolitan Drinking Trough Association in the 19th century (c.1880) - supported on four sturdy stone pillars. thumb thumb Elegant black painted cast iron railings enclosing the stairway down to the former public lavatory beneath. An imposing ventilation pipe over 6 meters in height - also of cast iron, mounted on a substantial black painted metal plinth.〔Edmund Bird - Borough Conservation Officer, Lambeth, 12 May 2001.〕 It received listing as a Grade II by the Borough of Lambeth on the 4th of October 2001〔http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/sites/default/files/pl-listed-buildings-beginning-with-k_0.pdf〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】date=4 November 2009 )〕 It was featured on ''(Disappearing London )'' in January 2006, an ITV programme that highlighted endangered London landmarks.〔Disappearing London, presented by Suggs, ITV, 31 January 2006. Item 3.〕 thumb After campaigning, led by Celia Stothard a local resident, and extensive fundraising fundamental repairs were carried our with electricity and water being re-installed in 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=YouTube - Electricity arrives at Kennington's ArtsLav )〕 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UK Power Networks - Lighting up Kennington’s ArtsLav )〕 Since 2013 it has functioned as a local community arts centre and a base for community employment projects. It has become a Community Interest Company run by local residents and artists. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Artslav )〕 thumb == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Artslav - Kennington Cross」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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