Hendon Town Hall

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

Hendon Town Hall
Hendon Town Hall
LocationHendon
Coordinates51.5883°N 0.2292°W / 51.5883; -0.2292
Built1901
ArchitectThomas Henry Watson
Architectural style(s)Pre-Renaissance style
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated7 April 1983
Reference no.1294762
Shown in Barnet

History

Construction and development

In the late 19th century Hendon Local Board held its meetings at the Hendon Union Workhouse in the Burroughs.[2] The new building, which was designed by Thomas Henry Watson in the Pre-Renaissance style for Hendon Urban District Council and was built by Kingerlee and Sons, was officially opened by the local mayor in November 1901.[2]

Hendon Urban District was given municipal borough status in 1932[3] and the building continued to be the headquarters of the Municipal Borough of Hendon until the borough was merged with the Municipal Borough of Finchley and several urban districts to form the London Borough of Barnet with its new headquarters at Hendon Town Hall in 1965.[4]

Margaret Thatcher made her first speech as Prime Minister at the town hall in May 1979[5] and she returned to unveil a statue entitled the Family of Man by Itzhak Ofer in 1981.[6] Finchley had never had its own town hall[7] and Hendon Town Hall was sometimes referred to as "Finchley Town Hall" in the 1980s.[8][9]

Later, Barnet Trades Union Council was reformed at the town hall in 2008.[10]

Barnet House

Although meetings of the Barnet London Borough Council have continued to be held at Hendon Town Hall,[11] many of the council departments, that had previously been located at disparate locations around the council area, moved to Barnet House in Colindale, just over a mile to the west of the town hall, in 2018.[12]

References
  1. Historic England. "Hendon Town Hall, Barnet (1294762)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  2. "London's Town Halls". Historic England. p. 11. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. "Civic Heraldry of England and Wales-Middlesex (Obsolete)". Civic Heraldry of England and Wales. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  4. "Local Government Act 1963". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  5. "Speech on being reelected MP for Finchley". Margaret Thatcher Foundation. 4 May 1979. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  6. "Remarks visiting Finchley". Margaret Thatcher Foundation. 24 July 1981. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  7. Historic England. "Grandstand at Summers Lane sports ground (1416297)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  8. "Hendon Grove". London Gardens Trust. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  9. "Not always a happy match". JC. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  10. "Barnet Trade Unions Council proposes to unite with anti fascism movement against the BNP". Hendon and Finchley Times. 29 March 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  11. "Barnet Council to hold virtual meetings". Hendon and Finchley Times. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  12. "Union protesters angry as Barnet Council votes in favour of moving offices to Colindale in £50 million regeneration project". Hendon and Finchley Times. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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