Northgate Hall
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The Northgate Hall stands in St Michael's Street, Oxford
, England
. It has had a number of purposes:
Since the early 1990s, it has also hosted Gatehouse, which is a drop-in centre for homeless people set up by churches in the centre of Oxford.
In 2001, it suffered damage from a fire.
In January 2011, the City Council issued a statement that they were giving Gatehouse notice to move out of the building, meaning that the charity will close unless other premises are found. They cited financial pressures and the fact that the building is underoccupied as users of other parts of the building have left.
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It has had a number of purposes:
- It was originally built as a Primitive Methodist Church, but with Methodist Union in 1932 it was no longer needed for this purpose, as the Wesleyan Wesley Memorial ChurchWesley Memorial Church, OxfordWesley Memorial Church is a Methodist church in central Oxford which traces its heritage to the first Methodist meeting housein the town where John and Charles Wesley studied.-The building:...
is about 100m away; - From 1933 until the summer of 1989, it served as the base for the Oxford Inter-Collegiate Christian UnionOxford Inter-Collegiate Christian UnionThe Oxford Inter-Collegiate Christian Union, usually known as OICCU, was the second university Christian Union and is the University of Oxford's most prominent student Protestant organisation...
(OICCU); - From 1991 to 2005, it hosted the Oxford Lesbian and Gay Community Centre.
Since the early 1990s, it has also hosted Gatehouse, which is a drop-in centre for homeless people set up by churches in the centre of Oxford.
In 2001, it suffered damage from a fire.
In January 2011, the City Council issued a statement that they were giving Gatehouse notice to move out of the building, meaning that the charity will close unless other premises are found. They cited financial pressures and the fact that the building is underoccupied as users of other parts of the building have left.