Theatres · London
Methodist Central Hall
Methodist Central Hall in England London, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
About
Methodist Central Hall is a cinema or movie theatre in England London, United Kingdom. Britain's listed cinemas span Edwardian picture palaces, Art Deco super-cinemas of the 1930s, and the surviving independent neighbourhood houses.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Methodist Central Hall (also known as Central Hall Westminster) is a multi-purpose venue in the City of Westminster, serving primarily as a Methodist church and a conference centre. The building also houses an art gallery, a restaurant, and office spaces (used formerly as the headquarters of the Methodist Church of Great Britain until 2000). It contains 22 conference, meeting and seminar rooms, the largest being the Great Hall, which seats 2,300. Central Hall also acts as an important spiritual and sacred place for Methodists. Methodist Central Hall occupies the corner of Tothill Street and Storeys Gate just off Victoria Street in Westminster, near the junction with The Sanctuary next to the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre and facing Westminster Abbey.
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Background
History
Methodist Central Hall was erected by Wesleyan Methodists as one of their mixed-purpose 'central halls'. Central Hall was to act not only as a church, but to be of "great service for conferences on religious, educational, scientific, philanthropic and social questions". The hall was built in 1905–1911 on the site of the Royal Aquarium, Music Hall and Imperial Theatre, Construction was funded between 1898 and 1908 by the "Wesleyan Methodist Twentieth Century Fund" (or the "Million Guinea Fund", as it became more commonly known), whose aim was to raise one million guineas from one million Methodists. The fund closed in 1904 having raised 1,024,501 guineas (£1,075,727). The project to…
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- Coordinates
- 51.4197, -0.1617
- Address
- Westminster, London, {{postcode|SW|1}}
- Established
- 1911
Sources
- wikidata: Q42139881 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Methodist Central Hall, Westminster (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Methodist Central Hall?
- Methodist Central Hall is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.4197°, -0.1617°.
- When was Methodist Central Hall built?
- Methodist Central Hall dates to 1911.