Open House Festival

Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Campus

education

E R Robson, 1887

Queens' Building, Mile End Road, E1 4NS

Explore the hidden corners of Queen Mary University's Mile End campus. Guided tour includes the former People’s Palace (1887), Mile End Hospital (1858), and the Sephardic Jewish cemetery (1733), the UK’s second oldest Jewish cemetery.

Getting there

Tube

Whitechapel, Stepney Green, Bethnal Green, Limehouse

Train

Whitechapel

Bus

339, 205, 25

Access

The Queens' Building
The Novo Cemetary from above
The Queens' Building from above

About

Tour Overview

Queen Mary University’s Mile End campus has evolved around pre-existing religious, welfare and educational buildings and institutions. This tour around the campus offers glimpses into the area’s eighteenth and nineteenth-century social history, in particular the lives of migrants, the working poor and the destitute, via these surviving fragments.

Tour includes:
Queens Building (formerly the People’s Palace, (E.R. Robson, 1887) including the Octagon,
Mile End Hospital (formerly parish workhouse, William Dobson, 1858),
Novo Cemetery (1733, extended 1855) - one of only two surviving Sephardic Jewish cemeteries in England.

Online presence

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Nearby

Talk

Memorials and Communities Presentation at the HAC Bow

religious

A presentation featuring new researched findings about scandalous and worthy individuals who are memorialised in plaques and headstones at Holy Trinity Bow Church (The HAC Bow) carried out by Cian Hodge of Queen Mary University of London.

Daniel and James Austin local surveyors, 1841

Drop in / Guided tour

Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park

garden, cemetery, public realm/landscape, walk/tour

One of the magnificent 7 cemeteries. Burials ceased 1966, now 31 acres of woodland, meadows & ponds including the Soanes Centre (Robson Kelly 1993). Of outstanding importance for flora and fauna, set amongst funereal monuments, some listed

Thomas Wyatt & David Brandon, 1841

Drop in

Four Corners

community/cultural, institution/profession

Refurbished extended building, a centre for film and photography. Central courtyard integrated 'hub' allows light and air to filter through. Loft conversion to create studio and work space. Sustainable features include sedum roof.

JaK Studio, 2007

Drop in

London Buddhist Centre

community/cultural, religious

If you've never been to the centre, come and find out how this derelict Victorian fire station became a hub of Buddhism in the West; and if you already come to the centre, delve deeper into its architectural secrets!

Robert Pearsall, 1888

Drop in

St Paul's Bow Common

religious

Described as 'the most significant church built after the WWII in Britain' - Brutalist, inclusive and influential signpost for future church design.

Robert Maguire and Keith Murray, 1960

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