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2015-present
This Church hall, formerly known as the SS Mary & John Church Hall, reopened in 2015 following a two-year refurbishment [1]. It was renamed Richard Benson Hall, after Father Richard Meux Benson, founder of the parish and of the Cowley Fathers who was also responsible for a number of socially-minded projects in OX4 [2] [3].
The hall features a striking neo-Gothic window facing the street. It also has low, sweeping roofs and a prominent chimney, in the Arts and Crafts style (see also 95 Cowley Road for a brilliant, slightly later example in a similar vein).
Before then
Comedy legend Ronnie Barker, who died in 2005, made his debut performance here [1].
Before then?
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