Raleigh Hall

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The building in 2025

Raleigh Hall is a building in Windrush Square, Brixton. It is now home to the Black Cultural Archives, after having been derelict for many years. [1] [2]

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The building in 2011

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Urban, Mike (12 August 2013). "Raleigh Hall, Brixton – scenes of dereliction from the 2000s". Brixton Buzz. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Work Starts On New Black Cultural Centre In Brixton". Londonist. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  3. "Then and Now: Raleigh Hall, Saltoun Road". Urban75. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

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