Westminster City Hall

Westminster City Hall is a municipal building in Victoria Street in Westminster, London.

Westminster City Hall
Westminster City Hall
LocationVictoria Street, Westminster
Coordinates51.4973°N 0.1386°W / 51.4973; -0.1386
Built1965
ArchitectBurnet Tait & Partners
Architectural style(s)Modern style
Shown in Westminster

History
The old Westminster City Hall in Charing Cross Road

The building was commissioned to replace the aging Westminster City Hall in Charing Cross Road which had been designed by Robert Walker and completed in 1890.[1][2] The old building, which adjoined the Garrick Theatre,[3][4] had become the headquarters of the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster in 1900[5] and had been enlarged in 1902.[2]

The new 20-storey building in Victoria Street formed part of a larger development by Land Securities.[1] It was designed by Burnet Tait & Partners in the modern style, built by Taylor Woodrow Construction and was opened in April 1965.[6] It became the local seat of government of the enlarged City of Westminster which was formed that year.[7] Initially the council only used the 20th floor but gradually expanded to take the whole building.[1] It is 76.20 metres (250.0 ft) high.[8]

The building was stripped back to a concrete shell in an extensive refurbishment between 2017 and 2019.[9]

References
  1. "London's Town Halls". Historic England. p. 207. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  2. Hibbert, Christopher; Weinreb, Ben; Keay, Julia; Keay, John (2008). The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan. p. 149. ISBN 978-1405049245.
  3. A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to London and Its Environs. Ward, Lock & Co. 1919. p. 124.
  4. "Harold Macmillan leaving the Polling Station at Westminster City Hall". Getty Images. 8 October 1959. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  5. "London Government Act 1899". Butterworth and Co. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  6. "Westminster City Hall". Open House London. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  7. "Local Government Act 1963". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  8. "Westminster City Hall". Emporis. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  9. "Plans for Westminster's City Hall to undergo refurbishment to drag it into 21st Century". My London News. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
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