Editing Oval tube station (section)

==Station building==
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The Oval station, opened as Kennington Oval, was designed by [[T.P. Figgis|Thomas Phillips Figgis]]<ref name="Labyrinth">{{Cite web |url=https://art.tfl.gov.uk/labyrinth/artwork/oval/ |title=Oval 109 / 270 |website=Art on the Underground |publisher=[[Transport for London]] |access-date=1 September 2019}}</ref> with elements of early [[Arts and Crafts]] and neo-classical detailing. The structure was made distinctive by a lead-covered dome with cupola lantern and weathervane which housed some of the lift equipment; the main part of the building was of red brick. The station building was rebuilt in the early 1920s when the line was modernised and was refurbished during the late 1990s at street level with a modern tiling scheme inside and out, adding a full-length glazed canopy and giving the station a more modern look. Reflecting its proximity to the cricket ground, the internal decorative tiling features large images of cricketers in various stances.

In 2004, station staff started to use a whiteboard to display a handwritten "thought of the day" from the ''[[Tao Te Ching]]'' for the benefit of passengers. This idea then spread to other Underground stations such as [[North Greenwich tube station|North Greenwich]], where the content relates to events at the nearby [[O2 Arena (London)|O2 Arena]].<ref>BBC News, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42666628</ref>