Hackney Town Hall

Hackney Town Hall is a municipal building in Hackney, London. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]

Hackney Town Hall
Hackney Town Hall
LocationMare Street, Hackney
Coordinates51.5451°N 0.0582°W / 51.5451; -0.0582
Built1937
ArchitectLanchester and Lodge
Architectural style(s)Art Deco style
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated19 July 1991
Reference no.1235869
Shown in Hackney

History
The original town hall at the north end of Mare Street

The original facility was a private house, erected at the north end of Mare Street in 1802, which had been converted into a simple vestry office in the mid 18th century.[2][3][4]

This was replaced by a building further south on Mare Street designed by Harnmack and Lambert in the Italianate style which was completed in 1866.[5] This, the second town hall, was extended at both ends in 1898.[5] It became the headquarters of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney when it became a metropolitan borough in 1899.[5] After the second facility was deemed inadequate, it was demolished to make way for the current facility.[5]

The current facility, the third town hall, was built on a site just to the west of the second town hall.[5] It was designed by Lanchester and Lodge in the Art Deco style and completed in 1937.[1] It continued to be the local seat of government after the formation of the enlarged London Borough of Hackney in 1965.[6]

Many of the staff, who had been located in disparate departments around the area, moved to the new Hackney Service Centre in Hillman Street, designed by Hopkins Architects, in 2010.[7]

An extensive refurbishment of the town Hall to the designs of Hawkins\Brown was completed in 2017.[8][9]

In July 2019 Extinction Rebellion held a series of protests in East London followed by a people's assembly outside the town hall.[10]

References
  1. Historic England. "Hackney Town Hall (1235869)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. Historic England. "The Midland Bank (1226899)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  3. "Hackney Old Town Hall". Burlington. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  4. T F T Baker (ed.) (1995). "Hackney: Local Government". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 10: Hackney. British History Online. Retrieved 2009-04-30.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  5. "London's Town Halls". Historic England. p. 72. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  6. "Local Government Act 1963". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  7. "Hackney Service Centre". E-Architect. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  8. "Hackney Town Hall". Hawkins\Brown. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  9. "Projects: Hackney town hall". Building. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  10. Nosheen Iqbal (13 July 2019). "Extinction Rebellion kick off weekend of protest with Dalston blockade". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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