Merton Civic Centre
| Merton Civic Centre | |
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Surrey | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Merton Civic Centre | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 51°24’5"N, 0°11’46"W |
| Town: | Morden |
| History | |
| Address: | London Road |
| Built 1960 | |
| By: | A. Green |
| Modernist | |
| Information | |
Merton Civic Centre is a municipal building in London Road, Morden, Surrey, and which is the headquarters of Merton Council.
The site was once that of a public house, "The Crown".[1]
The council acquired The Crown and levelled the site for a new building, which was designed by A. Green in the Modernist style, was developed by Bernard Sunley & Sons. It was opened as "Crown House" in 1962.[2] It is a 15-storey building, 162 feet high,[2] and was initially used as commercial offices and for postal sorting.[1] Many of the departments of Merton Council, which had previously been located at Wimbledon Town Hall, moved into the building in 1985[3] and, after a new council chamber and library extension had been built, it became the new Civic Centre for Merton in 1990.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "London Road: Building Crown House, Morden". Merton Photo Archive. https://photoarchive.merton.gov.uk/collections/streets/streets-l-0/28387-london-road-building-crown-house-morden?. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Merton Civic Centre". Emporis. https://www.emporis.com/buildings/139439/merton-civic-centre-london-united-kingdom. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ↑ 'London's Town Halls' (Historic England), page 155