Bethnal Green Town Hall
Headquarters of the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green, London
Bethnal Green Town Hall is a former municipal building on the corner of Cambridge Heath Road and Patriot Square in Bethnal Green, London. It is a Grade II listed building.
History
The building was commissioned to replace an aging mid-19th century vestry hall on St Matthews Row, which had been used by the Parish of St Matthew. The vestry hall had become the headquarters of the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green in 1900. After the vestry hall had become inadequate for the council's needs, civic leaders decided to procure a new town hall. The site selected for the new building had previously been occupied by residential properties known as 2-16 Patriot Square.
The foundation stone for the new building was laid on 23 September 1909. The new building was designed by Percy Robinson and William Alban Jones in the Baroque style and built by Brand, Pettit and Co. It was officially opened on 1 November 1910. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with three bays facing onto Cambridge Heath Road; the central bay featured a doorway on the ground floor, a large arched recess on the first floor and a domed tower above.
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