Tag: Restoration
67. Toynbee Hall
Toynbee Hall was set up in 1884 by Samuel and Henrietta Barnett. The Barnetts took a different approach to tackling the poverty of Whitechapel (as mapped by Charles Booth in 1880s) by bringing graduates from Oxford and Cambridge to live and learn amongst the community and use their education to help them 'become their best selves'.
46. Garden Museum
The SaLADS visited Dow Jones Architects' sensitive redevelopment of a medieval and Victorian church.
21. Wilton’s Music Hall
Built in 1859 by John Wilton, this Victorian Music hall was intended to bring the glitzy and entertainment of the west end theatre to the hard working people of the East End.
15. St Bartholomew the Great
St Bartholomew the Great built-in 1123 by an Anglo Norman monk, Rahere, a courtier and a favourite of Henry I.
12. De la Warr Pavilion
It is said that the De La Warr Pavilion in its typology was a pre-cursor to the Southbank - a ‘People’ Palace’ which would provide culture and entertainment to the masses.