Raleigh Hall is a building in

Windrush Square Windrush Square (often referred to by its original name, Brixton Oval) is an open public space in the centre of Brixton, South London, occupying an area in front of the Brixton Tate Library. After changing its name to Tate Gardens, it was again ...

Brixton Brixton is a district in south London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. Brixton experienced a rapid rise in population during the 19th ce ...

. It is now home to the

Black Cultural Archives Black Cultural Archives (BCA) is an archive and heritage centre in Brixton, London, devoted to the histories of people of African and Caribbean descent in Britain. Also known as BCA, it was founded in 1981, by educationalist and historian Len Gar ...

, after being derelict for many years. The building was originally two houses built in 1824, and is a Grade II

listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

. The hall had been used by the Cinema Museum in the mid-1980s. It had also been home to Klitsa Fashions, Omegas Fashion Dress Manufacturers, Arkwrights Ltd and the Raleigh Workshop. It was placed on the

English Heritage English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts and country houses. The charity states that i ...

Gallery

File:1-3 Effra Road, Brixton, London.jpg, 1-3 Effra Road, Brixton, London aka Effra House and Raleigh Hall. 2011 File:Black Cultural Archives, external from Windrush Square, Brixton.jpg, Black Cultural Archives, view from Windrush Square, Brixton. 2016

External links

landmark.lambeth.gov.ukImages of dereliction from the early 2000s

References

Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Lambeth Brixton {{London-struct-stub