New Malden Town Hall
| New Malden Town Hall | |
|
Surrey | |
|---|---|
.jpg) New Malden Town Hall | |
| Type: | Former town hall |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ21406849 |
| Location: | 51°24’9"N, 0°15’22"W |
| Town: | New Malden |
| History | |
| Address: | High Street |
| Built 1905 | |
| By: | William Horace Pope |
| Former town hall | |
| Edwardian Baroque | |
| Information | |
| Condition: | Converted to commercial use |
New Malden Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street of New Malden, Surrey.
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 the council acquired that status in 1936.[2]
The town hall ceased to be the local seat of government after the creation of the new Kingston upon Thames Council in 1965 and, instead, the building was used for educational purposes by the Graham Spicer Institute.[3] After the building began to deteriorate, the site was acquired by Waitrose and, although the interior was dismantled, the façade of the old town hall was integrated into a retail development which opened in September 1989.[3][4]
The town's war memorial, which stands outside the building, was unveiled on 8 November 1924.[5]
References
- ↑ "Fifty Years in Malden". The Malden And Coombe Civic Society. 1994. p. 28. http://maldensandcoombeheritagesociety.weebly.com/fifty-years-in-malden.html. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ↑ Frederic A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol I: Southern England, London, 1979
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "History of the Institute". Graham Spicer Institute. http://www.graham-spicer-institute.org.uk/history.html. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ↑ "Fifty Years in Malden". The Malden And Coombe Civic Society. 1994. p. 61. http://maldensandcoombeheritagesociety.weebly.com/fifty-years-in-malden.html. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ↑ "Malden and Coobe". Imperial War Museum. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/12101. Retrieved 7 May 2020.