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C20 Churches

Methodist Central Hall

Monument typeMethodist Chapel
Listing gradeNL

Architect(s)

Firm: Gunton and Gunton

Construction

Date begun1926
Date completed1927

Location

270-276 Mare Street
London
E8 3QE
England

Local authorityHackney

Denomination

DenominationMethodist

Additional notes

Originally built for the Methodist Central Mission. Closed and refurbished between 1997 and 2001, together with the adjacent central library which forms the corner, to make the Ocean Music Venue which continued until c.2005. In 2011 the building reopened as the Hackney Picturehouse.

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