History

Jerwood Space occupies the site of the 1872 Orange Street School, which throughout the following century transformed into various educational institutions. In 1998 it was refurbished by the Jerwood Foundation with architects Paxton Locher to provide excellent and affordable rehearsal facilities for dance and theatre companies, while the Gallery (once the school's bike sheds) is now home to Jerwood Visual Arts.  The top floors, (lost to bombing in 1940) were restored by architects Munkenbeck & Partners in 2007, providing a magnificent suite of rehearsal studios and meeting rooms. The project was once again entirely funded by the Jerwood Foundation, with Jerwood Space.

Click here to see some views of the the building process and here to download pdf of 'The Space Beneath The Space' - a detailed history of the site up to 1994, researched by Imogen Lee. Click here for our 10th birthday celebration and here for views of Ismini Samanidou's Timeline, an artwork inspired by the architecture, history and surroundings of the building.