The Grand Hall at Battersea Arts Centre, the vast honeycomb lattice of the ceiling arching the full width of the hall above a clear parquet floor, with tall arched windows down both sides.

Lavender Hill, Battersea

Events at Battersea Arts Centre

Battersea Arts Centre is the old Battersea Town Hall, built in 1893 and a home for artists since 1974. We are accredited here as a full-service partner and caterer: the building, the production and the food all come from one team.

Where: Lavender Hill, SW11Battersea, south of the river, minutes from Clapham Junction
The building: Former Battersea Town HallBuilt 1893 by Edward Mountford, Grade II listed
The Grand Hall: 800 standing550 seated, or 350 at tables with a floor to dance
Our standing: Accredited by Battersea Arts CentreFull-service production partner and caterer

Capacities as published by Battersea Arts Centre.

Accredited for the whole of it: the build and the food.

Battersea Arts Centre keeps a list of the people it trusts with its building. We are privileged to work with Battersea Arts Centre as a full-service creative, design and planning partner and as a caterer.

So one team takes the space, builds the event and cooks the food, and the centre already knows how we work.

A gold seal reading Accredited Partner, Battersea Arts Centre, around The Events Mill monogram.

A gold seal reading Accredited Caterer, Battersea Arts Centre, around The Events Meal monogram.

The welcome is under a dome of stained glass.

You come in through the old Town Hall doors into the Octagonal Hall, where the original stained-glass dome and mosaic floor have been kept from the building’s civic days.

It is where we start people off, with a reception before the Grand Hall opens.

The Octagonal Hall at Battersea Arts Centre, daylight falling through the domed stained-glass ceiling onto the mosaic floor, marble columns and arched galleries around a central statue. — The Octagonal Hall, under the old stained-glass dome.

The grand staircase at Battersea Arts Centre rising beneath painted arches and a deep red wall, the letters B A C mounted above the landing. — The staircase up from the entrance.

The Octagonal Hall looking up to the stained-glass dome, the mosaic roundel on the floor below and arched doorways leading off on every side. — Looking up into the dome.

The Grand Hall was brought back after the 2015 fire.

In 2015 a fire tore through the Grand Hall. The restoration that followed won a RIBA award, and it kept the scars: the lattice plaster overhead was saved, and the walls carry the colour the flames left behind.

An organ still sits on the balcony. It is one of the most striking spaces in London to build something in.

The Grand Hall at Battersea Arts Centre, the intricate plaster lattice overhead and the walls left with the patina of the restoration that followed the 2015 fire. — The Grand Hall, the fire’s mark kept in the restoration.

What the hall becomes when we take it on.

Empty, it is already remarkable. We bring the light, the drape, the tables, the flowers and the food, and run the whole thing.

Galas, awards, launches, parties and weddings have all been made here, and because we cater as well as produce, it is one team from the first drawing to the last plate.

A hall at Battersea Arts Centre dressed for a gala, pale drapes swagged beneath the ceiling and long tables set with candlelight and flowers. — The Grand Hall, dressed and lit.

The building keeps going past the Grand Hall.

Beyond the two main spaces, the old town hall runs on in corridors, staircases and panelled halls, each with the same worn grandeur.

They take smaller gatherings, receptions and filming, and let a long event spread through the building.

A vaulted corridor at Battersea Arts Centre, brick arches and a mosaic floor running its length, the plaster carrying the marks of the building’s history. — A corridor off the main halls.

A wood-panelled hall at Battersea Arts Centre, a barrel-vaulted ceiling above dark timber panelling and tall windows, the floor clear and ready to be laid out. — A panelled hall, ready to be laid out.

What it costs to do it properly.

We confirm the current hire with Battersea Arts Centre and fold it into a single budget, so you see one figure, not a stack of invoices. Our fee covers the production and the catering together.

And because the centre is a charity, every event held here supports its work with artists, young people and the surrounding community.

If you are weighing up what an experience like this costs, our budgeting guide is the place to start.

Before you book Battersea Arts Centre.

How many people does it hold?

The Grand Hall takes 800 standing for a reception, 550 seated, or 350 at tables with a floor to dance. The Octagonal Hall holds a reception alongside it.

Do you cater it yourselves?

Yes. We are an accredited caterer at Battersea Arts Centre as well as its production partner, so the food and the build come from the same team.

Where is it?

Lavender Hill, Battersea, SW11, south of the river between Clapham and Battersea Park, with Clapham Junction a few minutes away.

What sort of events suit it?

Galas, awards, product launches, parties, weddings and filming. It has the scale for a large reception and the character for something more intimate.

Does hiring it support anything?

Battersea Arts Centre is a charity. Every event held here helps fund its work with artists, young people and the local community.

Do you work anywhere else?

We do. You will also find us at Westminster Abbey, Lindley Hall, LSO St Luke’s, Hotel Café Royal, Waddesdon Manor, Somerset House, the Natural History Museum and Blenheim Palace, and much of what we build is charity and fundraising events.

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Tell us when, and how you want your experience to land, and we will come back with how we would build it at Battersea Arts Centre.

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