Open House Festival – InStreatham Art Deco Walking Tour

The InStreatham walking tour will see Streatham in a new light with Modernist and Deco designs and West End actors changing the longest High Street in Europe! We include trendy apartments which once boasted dance floors, gardens and swimming pools. We’ll even spot elephants observing from above and leaping gazelles on the ground as well as plenty of other deco clues!

When Streatham’s glamour days started

The Glamorous world of Art Deco emerged in Paris and spread to London by the mid-1920s. Every part of life was caught up in a spirit of optimism and change. Innovative architecture with new materials, whole changes in fashion and entertainment with interiors boasting new stylish fabrics and furniture.
Streatham was changing in the 1930s and rapidly, becoming the Art Deco capital of South London. With three Deco Cinemas, Britain’s first purpose-built ballroom and a recent theatre Streatham could entertain nearly 11,000 people seeking a night out!
We enjoy Grade 2 listed buildings, walk in a conservation area and discuss Pulman Court – the visionary Modernist residential site. Throughout, we encounter 1930s blocks of trendy apartments with their own built-in social life once boasting dance floors, gardens and swimming pools. As for Deco ornament, we find Egyptian-themed interiors, stained glass, new designs of ironwork, stepped and zig-zag decoration and even spot elephants observing from above and leaping gazelles on the ground!
Our 90-minute walking tour will see Streatham in a new light with West End actors, celebrities and entrepreneurs changing the face of one of the longest High Streets in Europe.

Drinks on us!

InStreatham Business Improvement District is the organiser of this Art Deco Tour. In partnership with I Love Coffee, we are offering each attendee a drink voucher to be claimed on the day of the tour.

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