Bethnal Green Town Hall

Bethnal Green Town Hall is a municipal building on the corner of Cambridge Heath Road and Patriot Square in Bethnal Green, London. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]

Bethnal Green Town Hall
Bethnal Green Town Hall
LocationPatriot Square, Bethnal Green
Coordinates51.5304°N 0.0560°W / 51.5304; -0.0560
Built1910
ArchitectPercy Robinson and William Alban Jones
Architectural style(s)Baroque style
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated27 September 1973
Reference no.1065243
Shown in Tower Hamlets

History

The building was commissioned to replace an aging mid-19th century vestry hall on St Matthews Row[2] which had become the headquarters of the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green in 1900.[2]

The new building, which was designed by Percy Robinson and William Alban Jones in the Baroque style and built by Brand, Pettit and Co, was completed in 1910.[3] A large sculpture designed by Henry Poole was installed above the main entrance on Cambridge Heath Road.[2] The building was substantially extended to the east along Patriot Square, to the designs of E.C.P. Monson in the Classical style, in 1939 and it continued to function as the local seat of government when the enlarged London Borough of Tower Hamlets was formed in 1965.[4][5]

After the council moved to more modern facilities at Mulberry Place in 1993,[6] the building lay vacant until it was converted into apartments and a hotel, preserving much of the Art Deco interior, with the hotel re-opening in November 2010.[7]

References
  1. Historic England. "Town Hall, Tower Hamlets (1065243)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. "London's Town Halls". Historic England. p. 177. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  3. "Bethnal Green - Local Government". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 11: Stepney, Bethnal Green. 1998. pp. 190–202. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  4. "Local Government Act 1963". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  5. "No. 45244". The London Gazette. 4 December 1970. p. 13356.
  6. "Architect sought for new Tower Hamlets town hall". Architects Journal. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  7. "Town Hall Hotel & Apartments". Design Hotels. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
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