History

Kelvedon Labour Club was established in 1927. Miss Helen Corke gathered together a few Kelvedon residents and, with the help of a local business man by the name of Valentine Crittall, purchased the property for £850.

Helen Corke was a local teacher[headmistress], poet and writer and was a friend of D.H. Lawrence. She thought it might be an opportune time to secure the pub[The Victoria Inn] with five cottages a barn and a meadow for the Labour movement in Kelvedon; the meadow could be used as a playground for the local children. Clubs of the day focused on libraries, reading rooms and moral improvement rather than the type of entertainment and leisure provided by the club today.

The listed building was the Parish workhouse before being turned into a pub and parts of it are 500 years old. The five cottages were converted into part of the main struture when the local council condemned them as 'not fit to live in'

The Clubhouse has been altered over the years with further extensions giving the members a facility to be proud of.