Herbert House is a

Grade II* listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern I ...

is a former orphanage (now apartments) at 312 Kennington Lane, Kennington,

Kennington Kennington is a district in south London, England. It is mainly within the London Borough of Lambeth, running along the boundary with the London Borough of Southwark, a boundary which can be discerned from the early medieval period between the ...

, London SE11. It was built in 1860–62 by

J. L. Pearson John Loughborough Pearson (5 July 1817 – 11 December 1897) was a British Gothic Revival architect renowned for his work on churches and cathedrals. Pearson revived and practised largely the art of vaulting, and acquired in it a proficiency ...

as St Peter's Orphanage and Training College for "the daughters of clergy and professionals".

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Grade II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Lambeth Orphanages in the United Kingdom Residential buildings completed in 1862 19th-century architecture in the United Kingdom 1862 establishments in England {{UK-listed-building-stub