Raleigh Hall is a building in Windrush Square, Brixton. It is now home to the Black Cultural Archives, after being derelict for many years.[1][2]
The building was originally two houses built in 1824, and is a Grade II listed building.[3][2]
The hall had been used by the Cinema Museum in the mid-1980s.[1] It had also been home to Klitsa Fashions, Omegas Fashion Dress Manufacturers, Arkwrights Ltd and the Raleigh Workshop.[1]
It was placed on the English Heritage Register of Historic Buildings at Risk in 1992.[1]
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1-3 Effra Road, Brixton, London aka Effra House and Raleigh Hall. 2011
Black Cultural Archives, view from Windrush Square, Brixton. 2016
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References
- 1 2 3 4 Urban, Mike (12 August 2013). "Raleigh Hall, Brixton – scenes of dereliction from the 2000s". Brixton Buzz. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- 1 2 "Work Starts On New Black Cultural Centre In Brixton". Londonist. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ↑ "Then and Now: Raleigh Hall, Saltoun Road". Urban75. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
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