Having sketched the North entrance of the Rotherhithe Tunnel, I then went to have a look at the South entrance. Here it is:
The church is St Olav’s, the Norwegian Church in London. It was designed by John Love Seaton Dahl, and the foundation stone was laid in 1926 by Prince Olav, later King Olav V, of Norway.
The steel arch over the tunnel approach road is part of the equipment used to cut the tunnel, as on the North side.
Below is a photo taken from the front courtyard of the church, looking back towards my sketching location. You can see the steel arch above the wall of the Church courtyard.
As you see, there were many trees. I was sketching from a traffic island, between major roads.
Above me there were parakeets, the green ones. I think this is the furthest east I have heard parakeets. They seem to be migrating slowly across London, West to East, and North to South.
I enjoyed the weathervane on the church: a viking boat.
For completeness, here is a map showing the entire route of the Rotherhithe tunnel.
I reached the South entrance via the “Brunel Tunnel”, which is now used by the Windrush Line.
I’ve now sketched both entrances and two of the shafts. Here are the other posts. Click on the image to go to my article about it on this website.
Here’s my sketchbook with this sketch:
Sketchbook: Arches Aquarelle 300gsm, book made by Wyvern Bindery
Paints: Roman Szmal
Pen and ink: De Atramentis Document Ink, Black, in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with Extra-Fine nib.
Jane Sketching 