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Mary Ward Settlement (Passmore Edwards Settlement Buildings), Tavistock Place, London: the hall, looking towards the platform

RIBA Ref No RIBA86185
Architect/DesignerSmith & Brewer
Artist/PhotographerCharles, Martin (1940-2012)
CountryUK: England
CityLondon
Subject Date1897
Image Date1989
ViewInterior
StyleArts & Crafts
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceAP Box 790 London/MW
OrientationLandscape
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditArchitectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
SubjectHalls ; Societies' buildings ; Educational buildings ; Cultural centres
NOTES: The Mary Ward Settlement (originally known as the Passmore Edwards Settlement Buildings) was founded in the 1890s by Mary Augusta Ward under the financial patronage of John Passmore Edwards. It aimed to provide facilities to 'improve the the religious, moral, intellectual or physical well-being of the people of London' and was also notable for housing the first fully equipped classrooms for children with disabilities. See RIBA134787 for the negative of this image.
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