Robert Samut Hall

Robert Samut Hall
Sala Robert Samut
Façade of the building
Robert Samut Hall is located in Malta
Robert Samut Hall
Robert Samut Hall
35°53′30.8″N 14°30′11.8″E / 35.891889°N 14.503278°E / 35.891889; 14.503278
LocationFloriana
CountryMalta
DenominationSecularized
Previous denominationMethodist Church of Great Britain
History
Former name(s)Wesleyan (Methodist) Church
Founded1881
Architecture
Functional statusMusic Hall
Architect(s)Thomas Mullet Ellis
StyleNeo-Gothic
Completed1883

The Robert Samut Hall is a late 19th-century defunct Methodist church, formerly named Wesleyan (Methodist) Church, now a state owned building in Floriana, Malta.[1]

Origins

The current Neo-Gothic church was built between 1881 and 1883 on designs by architect Thomas Mullet Ellis. It was opened for worship on 18 March 1883. It was the first building in Malta to make use of electricity.[2]

Interior of the hall

Secularised

The church was given to the government in the early 1970s. On 4 April 1975, the building was inaugurated as a centre for cultural activities and renamed Robert Samut Hall.[3] The hall houses an interesting 2 manual pneumatic Willis organ.[4]

Further reading

  • Gauci, M. (2009). "New Light On Webster Paulson and his Architectural Idiosyncrasies" (PDF). Proceedings of History Week (PHW). 12 (9): 137–150.
  • Mirabelli, Terence (2015). "The ANZAC experience in Malta - Arrival" (PDF). Ta’ Xbiex: The Island Publications Ltd: 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2016. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

See also

References

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  1. ^ Bonnici, Joseph; Cassar, Michael (2004). A Chronicle of Twentieth Century Malta. Book Distributors Limited (BDL). p. 35. ISBN 9789990972276.
  2. ^ Scerri, John. "Methodist Church". malta-canada.com. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Robert Samut Hall". Floriana Local Council. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Robert Samut Hall, Floriana". robertbuhagiar.com. Retrieved 20 February 2015.