This plan of a house to be sold at auction on Tuesday, 25th June 1839, is of particular interest as it shows the River Effra, as an open water course, at the bottom of the kitchen garden, seen at the top right.

The river, which ran along the east side of Brixton Road, was culverted in 1847 owing to the waste products it carried during stormy weather when it flooded.

The house, part of a wealthy middle class Georgian terrace, lists a laundry, yard, pleasure garden, coach house, stable and kitchen gardens as part of its attraction, reflecting a time when Brixton was considered one of the more salubrious suburbs of London. 

Published by the auctioneer, G.Robins, 1839.