Peter Lawrence wrote:
IINM, the Southern Railway Stables you refer to are alongside the
former Bricklayers' Arms spur on St James's Rd, SE1. Bricklayers' Arms
was the temporary terminal of the South Eastern Railway (and IINM the
Brighton Line) until London Bridge station on the London & Greenwich
was extended and the High Level station constructed. It remained in
use for Goods/Parcels until around the 1970s. As for the stables, I
haven't any idea about why they needed horses!

For pulling carts?

I hope someone can tell us more about the stables building and/or
provide a photo.

Well if you'd been at one of the Rotherhithe & Bermondsey local
history talks you'd have got chapter and verse, along with a
fair number of train pictures :-). The talk "Bricklayers Arms
history" was by some guy called Tony Riley, as listed at

http://www.kingstairs.com/rotherhithe/


#Paul