I think you're right, it is malevolent, one of these places where obscure forces are hanging around since centuries, it is also next to the hospital, where daily sufferance can be drained down to keep the roots of it well alive.
Glad it isnt just me thinking that, there are a few places in London that have that feel Peter Ackroyd writes about a few of them in his London Biography book.
I think you're right, it is malevolent, one of these places where obscure forces are hanging around since centuries, it is also next to the hospital, where daily sufferance can be drained down to keep the roots of it well alive.