Barclay Hall


Barclay Hall on Green Street was founded by the Bedford Institute Association, a Quaker philanthropic organisation, in 1900, when an iron building was erected in memory of Joseph and Jane Barclay, of Knotts Green, Leyton, one of several eminent Quaker families in the area.

The building would have originally had a curved gable, but this has since been replaced with a straight one. The main entrance is under a stone arch, which was glazed when renovated by Newham Council in 1996.