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Brixton library in 1905. According to the Survey of London (1956), "the architect was Sidney R.J. Smith, and the builders were F. and H.F. Higgs. A brass tablet in the entrance hall records that the garden in front of the library was given in 1905 by Amy, Lady Tate in fulfilment of a wish of her husband Sir Henry Tate". [1]
The Minet Library is a public library in the London Borough of Lambeth in South London. The library opened in 1890 and currently operates as a self-service library, with limited staff, as a result of cuts to funding. The building was home to Lambeth Archives for 133 years, however this facility moved to Brixton Hill in 2024. [1]
Lambeth Archives is an archive in South London, managed by the London Borough of Lambeth. [1] Containing records of Lambeth businesses, organisations and individuals. Until 2023, for 133 years the Lambeth Archives collections were housed at Minet Library, 52 Knatchbull Road. In February 2024, Lambeth Archives reopened at its new purpose built ...
Windrush Square (often referred to by its original name, Brixton Oval [1] [2]) is an open public space in the centre of Brixton, South London, [3] occupying an area in front of the Brixton Tate Library. After changing its name to Tate Gardens, it was again retitled and given its current moniker in 1998. [4]
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Mr Sidney R. J. Smith was employed as the architect for the Streatham and Lambeth Central (Brixton) Libraries. He also designed the Tate Gallery. Tate was appointed chairman of the commissioners for the library in 1883, and remained in office until his death. Streatham was the only library established under his control.
The former "Brixton Oval" is at the southern end with Lambeth Town Hall, the Ritzy Cinema, the Brixton Tate Library (with a statue of Henry Tate outside) and St Matthew's church. The space was renamed Windrush Square in 2010, in honour of the area's early Caribbean migrants and the HMT Empire Windrush , which in 1948 brought 492 passengers from ...
Brixton Hill ward was an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, England from 2002 to 2022. It contained most of the road known as Brixton Hill and part of Acre Lane . It contained Brixton Prison , Lambeth Town Hall , Ashby's Mill (known as Brixton Windmill) and the adjacent Windmill live music venue, Electric Brixton ...