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L''''Exeter Hall''' era un grande luogo di incontro pubblico sul lato nord dello [[Strand (Londra)|Strand]] nel centro di [[Londra]], di fronte all'[[Hotel Savoy]]. Dal 1831 al 1907 la Exeter Hall fu sede di molti grandi raduni di attivisti per varie cause, in particolare il [[Abolizionismo|movimento antischiavitù]] e l'incontro della Anti-Corn Law League nel 1846.<ref>{{Treccani|anti-corn-law-league/|Anti-corn-law league|accesso = 13 agosto 2024|autore = |capitolo = |volume = |data = |cid = |citazione = }}.

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== Storia ==

[[19th-century London|London in the 19th century]] was the most populous city in the world, and yet its indoor meeting places were inadequate. The largest, the [[Freemasons' Hall, London|Freemasons' Hall]], could only fit about 1600 people, so a consortium decided that it was time to build a larger venue. Exeter Hall was erected between 1829 and 1831 to designs by [[John Peter Gandy]],<ref>{{cita libro|autore=Howard Colvin, ''|titolo=A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects'', 3rd ed. (|edizione=3|editore=[[Yale University Press, ]]|anno=1995), |capitolo=''[[Sub voce|s.v.]]'' "Gandy, afterwards Deering, John Peter".|citazione=La Exeter Hall wasè onestato ofuno hisdei lastsuoi architecturalultimi commissionsincarichi beforedi inheritingarchitettura aprima fortunedi ereditare una fortuna, adoptingadottando theil additionalcognome surnameaggiuntivo Deering ande retiringritirarsi toin thecampagna countrycome as a gentleman.gentiluomo|lingua=en}}</ref> the brother of the visionary architect [[Joseph Michael Gandy]]. The hall was built on the site of [[Exeter Exchange]], which had been famous for its menagerie of wild animals; prior to the Exeter 'Change, as it was known, the site had been occupied since the 16th century by part of [[Cecil House|Exeter House]] (formerly Burghley House and Cecil House), the [[Townhouse (Great Britain)|London residence]] of the [[Earl of Exeter|Earls of Exeter]].

The official opening date for Exeter Hall was 29 March 1831. The façade on The Strand featured a prominent recessed central entrance behind a screen of paired [[Corinthian order|Corinthian columns]] set into a reserved [[Georgian architecture|Late Georgian front]] of housing over shopfronts. The smaller auditorium could hold around 1,000 people, and the main one, more than 4,000.<ref>Anon, ''Random Recollections of Exeter Hall, in 1834–1837; by One of The Protestant Party'', James Nisbet and Co., (London), 1838, p.7.</ref>