Venue information:
Galleries and art studios
Pub / bar for gigs
Rehearsal space
Dance performance and rehearsal spaces
Theatre/drama performance and rehearsal spaces
Music performance and rehearsal spaces
Sound recording/film editing suites
Class/workshop/meeting space
Film screening
Dating back to the Victorian period, Blackheath Halls offers a beautiful and unique venue for all purposes, including weddings, performances, recordings, conferences and rehearsals.
The ceiling in the Great Hall contributes to some of the best acoustics in Britain for large-scale orchestral works and the Halls continues to welcome world-renowned orchestras and record labels for recordings and rehearsals, including Chandos Records, the English National Opera and London Philharmonic Orchestra.
They also hold birthday parties and conferences, and the venue is ideal for hosting TV shows along with other filming opportunities.
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Suitable for:
Great Hall capacity 120 to 1000 (depending on seating plan).
Recital Room - stage, capacity 70 to 100.
Suitable for public concerts, theatrical performances, wedding receptions, meetings, craft fairs, exhibitions, recordings and private parties.
Disabled access. Fully licensed cafe bar.
Licensed for civil marriages.
Purpose built concert hall. Built 1894 by Edmeston and Gabriel in Queen Anne style. Built of Leicester brick with some dressings and window mullions of terra-cotta and low-relief stucco decorative treatment in 'gesso duro' by Gilbert Seale of Walworth; Westmoreland slate roof. Plan comprises front block facing road with administrative and social rooms and small hall on 1st floor. At right angles, but not centred on the middle of the front, is the wing with the main hall, its gable sticking up over the roof of the Lee Road Block. Front of 2 storeys 7 windows. Ends have gables with ball finials and strapwork decoration including masks and musical instruments. Lowered double arched attic openings. 1st floor has round-headed windows with triple casements and stained glass above. Frieze between floors depicting tritons playing musical instruments. Ground floor has triple mullioned and transomed windows. Right side has open pedimented doorcase with large brackets, female mask in pediment and elaborate tented cast iron canopy on 2 cast iron columns. Some stained glass panels to Entrance Hall. Concert Hall interior of 9 bays with elaborate wooden ribbed ceiling, round- headed windows divided by pilasters and proscenium arch with open pediment with shield and panel with musical instruments flanked by console brackets.