The foundation stone was laid by local MP Samuel Smith on 29 July 1891 and the building formally opened to the public on 14 March 1892.
[9] It hosted a range of events, including clubs for boys, girls, men and women, bible classes and Sunday services, as well as entertainment and legal and financial advice.
Hampstead's Lyndhurst Road Congregational Church sold the building to Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras (later to become part of Camden Council) in 1963, and it reopened as a community centre two years later.
[15] It was available for hire for private functions — such as the 1972 and 1973 editions of Comic Mart[16][17] — and was also home of St Pancras Amateur Boxing Club (SPABC).
Hampstead's Lyndhurst Road Congregational Church, founder and original owner of the Kentish Town mission hall, closed in the 1970s and is now a recording facility for Air Studios.