{"id":2505,"date":"2010-10-20T17:25:55","date_gmt":"2010-10-20T16:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=2505"},"modified":"2010-10-21T10:21:26","modified_gmt":"2010-10-21T09:21:26","slug":"a-very-very-thin-house-coldharbour-lane-brixton-sw9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-very-very-thin-house-coldharbour-lane-brixton-sw9\/","title":{"rendered":"A very, very thin house, Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/very-thin-house-loughborough-junction1.jpg\" alt=\"A very thin house, Coldharbour Lane nr Loughborough Junction, SW9\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I wouldn&#8217;t go as far as saying that it&#8217;s the <em>thinnest<\/em> building in London, but it has to be up there with the slenderest.<\/p>\n<p>The photo above is from <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.co.uk\/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=sw9&amp;sll=53.800651,-4.064941&amp;sspn=18.755894,42.1875&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=London+SW9,+United+Kingdom&amp;ll=51.464642,-0.103407&amp;spn=0.001203,0.002575&amp;z=19&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=51.464731,-0.103294&amp;panoid=s3Gp9tlmfunR9AQoXfGJvw&amp;cbp=12,265.64,,0,6.14\" target=\"_blank\">Google Maps<\/a> showing the wafer-thin wedge at the end of the terrace buildings that run on the north side of Coldharbour Lane, between Gresham Road and Loughborough Junction.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/very-thin-house-loughborough-junction.jpg\" alt=\"A very thin house, Coldharbour Lane nr Loughborough Junction, SW9\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This older photo shows the thin wedge in all its narrow glory, with the railway running overhead to the right.<\/p>\n<p>To the left is the Victorian shop\u00a0frontage, while you can just make out the words &#8216;umbrellas&#8217; and &#8216;tobaccos&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0painted on the side of the building.<\/p>\n<p><strong>London&#8217;s narrowest?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wheil we&#8217;re on the subject of narrow things, you may be interested in taking a look at what might be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/is-the-narrowest-doorway-in-london-60-union-street-se1\/\" target=\"_blank\">narrowest doorway in Londo<\/a>n and what is claimed to be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/brydges-place.html\" target=\"_blank\">London&#8217;s narrowest alley<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m currently revising that opinion, because <a href=\"http:\/\/realcycling.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/londons-narrowest-alley-update.html\" target=\"_blank\">this site<\/a> reports that Emerald Court, off Theobold&#8217;s Road in WC1 is even narrower.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some other street facts<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">London&#8217;s shortest named street is Leigh Hunt St, SE1 at just 36 feet long.<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">London&#8217;s shortest genuine street is Clennam St, SE1 at 85 feet.<\/div>\n<div>[<a href=\"http:\/\/realcycling.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/londons-shortest-streets.html\" target=\"_blank\">Via<\/a>]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wouldn&#8217;t go as far as saying that it&#8217;s the thinnest building in London, but it has to be up there with the slenderest. 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