History
The original building on the site, Mattock Lodge, is a house dating from the early 1850s, owned from around 1895 by a 'Father O'Halloran' who built a small church on the land behind the house, and on his death willed all the property to Miss Ann Webb as life tenant, who then lived in the house with her sister. In 1933, the Questors Theatre Club, who were looking for a permanent venue, were invited to share the old church premises by the Ealing Boy Scouts who were already holding their meetings there. In 1938, the Boy Scouts pulled out of the venue, and the Questors took over as the sole lessees of the old church building. After the death of Miss Webb in 1951, the Questors raised £8,500 to buy the freehold of the complete site on 25 April 1952.
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