Hundreds of revellers flocked to a party at a historic squat in Brixton last night, after the council announced the property would be evicted this morning.

Clifton Mansions, a block of 22 council-owned flats on Coldharbour lane, has been home to a community of squatters for over 10 years and is famous for housing alternative musicians and artists, with ex-residents including members of Irish punk-folk band The Pogues and Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller.

The council notified residents of the squat of this mornings eviction several weeks ago, claiming they were cracking down on "anti-social behaviour".

In anticipation of the eviction, residents held an 'eviction party', with more than 1,000 people signing up for the event on Facebook.

But the party left many squatters angry, with several reports of theft and vandalism.

Twitter user 'smileandsubvert' tweeted: "Brixton's longest squats turned into teenage Facebook party, vandalism, theft and finally eviction this morning."

In other tweets he said: "2 Polish guys who lived there got pinned down & had their bikes and laptops stolen" and "2 guys pulled all the copper piping off the walls."

Police also said they were notified of a robbery at the address at 3.50am. A 17-year-old boy from Beckenham had his mobile phone stolen by two suspects.

'BrixtonBuzz' tweeted party-goers who heard about the event via Facebook had "trashed what should have been a celebration of an old Brixton squat".

The party was finally bought to a close at 9am this morning when police stepped in to evict residents. A police spokesman said: "The pre-planned eviction of Clifton Mansions went ahead with minimal pockets of resistance and the premises have now been vacated and handed back over to the Local Authority.

"During this incident a police officer received an injury to his eye and has been taken to a south London hospital. A 35 year-old man had been arrested for assault on police"

The council now plans to sell off the property, and will be employing "live-in guardians" to safeguard the property until a buyer is found.