New Malden Town Hall

New Malden Town Hall is a municipal building in High Street, New Malden, London.

New Malden Town Hall
New Malden Town Hall
LocationHigh Street, New Malden
Coordinates51.4025°N 0.2561°W / 51.4025; -0.2561
Built1905
ArchitectWilliam Horace Pope
Architectural style(s)Edwardian Baroque style
Shown in Kingston upon Thames

History

The building, which was designed by William Horace Pope, a council surveyor, in the Edwardian Baroque style, was completed in April 1905.[1] It served as the civic offices of the Maldens and Coombe Urban District Council and then became the headquarters of Municipal Borough of Malden and Coombe when it secured municipal borough status in 1936.[2] It ceased to be the local seat of government after the creation of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in 1965[3] and, instead, the building was used for educational purposes by the Graham Spicer Institute.[4] After the building began to deteriorate, the site was acquired by Waitrose and, although the interior was dismantled, the facade of the old town hall was integrated into a retail development which opened in September 1989.[4][5]

The town's war memorial, which stands outside the building, was unveiled on 8 November 1924.[6]

References
  1. "Fifty Years in Malden". The Malden And Coombe Civic Society. 1994. p. 28. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  2. Frederic A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol I: Southern England, London, 1979
  3. "Local Government Act 1963". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  4. "History of the Institute". Graham Spicer Institute. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  5. "Fifty Years in Malden". The Malden And Coombe Civic Society. 1994. p. 61. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  6. "Malden and Coobe". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
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