Martello Street, Studio 21 b/c
Self- contained studio on 1st floor with high ceilings and natural light from north facing window. 550 sq ft – £914 per month. Includes wifi, business rates, water rates. Electricity is billed separately according to use.
Access by stairs only, there is no lift to this studio. Martello Street is a freehold building owned by SPACE.
Please email to ‘viewing@spacestudios.org.uk‘ with ‘Martello Street – Studio 21 b/c’ in the subject header to be on the viewing list for the next viewing. Please make sure you are registered with SPACE before emailing.
Photo credits: Ben Reeves & Chris Dorley-Brown.
In 2024 SPACE purchased Martello Street studios, which we have leased since 1971. With approximately 50 studios and many more artists, this well established site overlooks London Fields park and is alongside London Fields overground station. Several buses run on nearby Mare Street and the Hackney Central overground station line is 5 minutes walk away.
The ground floor studios have step-free access.
History
Martello Street studios at 10 Martello Street was one of the 2 buildings to replace St Katharine Docks. Artists working in experimental filmmaking and performance were attracted to the building. Early tenants included Bruce Lacey whose young family live in the caretaker cottage, Cosey Fanni Tutti and Genesis P-Orridge who arrived from Hull in 1974, and Robin Klassnik, one of the former St Katharine Docks artists, whose studio in 1979 became the first Matts Gallery. See the essay ‘Industrial Ritual Performance SPACE’ by William Fowler in Artists in the City: SPACE in ’68 and beyond.
