Calcutta House
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Old Castle Street, London E1 7NT. Streetmap Opening Hours & Reception Map of City campus |
Calcutta House was originally built by Brooke Bond & Co as a tea factory and named after the Indian Port of Calcutta, where most of tea was shipped from. Calcutta House was converted for use by the University in 1975 and since 1992 has been extensively refurbished.
Old Castle Street is infamously linked with a murder in 1889 that was attributed to Jack the Ripper. The incident took place on 17 July in what was then Castle Alley, a passageway between Middlesex Street and Commercial Street.
As well as Calcutta House, the street is also home to The Women's Library.
Calcutta House accommodates:
- Department of Humanities, Arts & Languages
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Applied Social Sciences
- Postgraduate Centre
- Undergraduate Centre
- Learning Development
- Systems and Services
- Bibliographic Services
ICT Labs
ICT Support
Library in Learning Resource Centre
Media Development & Engineering
Media Services in Learning Resource Centre
Print Services
Television Studio - Department of Student Services
Student Advice, Information and Funding Service
Chaplaincy
Councelling Service
Disabilities and Dyslexia Service - Academic Administration
- Finance
- Staff/Student Refectory
- John Smith's Bookshop
