Southall Town Hall
| Southall Town Hall | |
|
Middlesex | |
|---|---|
 Southall Town Hall | |
| Type: | Former town hall |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ12858040 |
| Location: | 51°30’41"N, 0°22’31"W |
| Town: | Southall |
| History | |
| Built 1898 | |
| By: | Thomas Newall |
| Former town hall | |
| Classical | |
| Information | |
Southall Town hall is a Victorian municipal building in the High Street in Southall, Middlesex.
History
The foundation stone for the building was laid by the Countess of Jersey on 8 November 1897.[1] The building, which was designed by Thomas Newall in the classical style, was completed in 1898.[2] It was established as the offices of the 'Southall-Norwood Urban District Council' and later of the 'Municipal Borough of Southall' from 1936.
In 1965 Southall's council was abolished and the town hall ceased to function as a seat of local government. It has subsequently operated as a training and enterprise centre.[3]
In April 1979, Blair Peach, a New Zealand teacher and anti-racism campaigner, died after being hit on the head, allegedly by a member of the Special Patrol Group, a specialist unit within the Metropolitan Police Service, during a riot outside the town hall.[4][5]
In 2017, the council decided to dispose of a long leasehold interest in the town hall to the Vishwa Hindu Kendra temple, which is based just north of the hall.[6] However, after the High Court decided that the council had acted unlawfully and unreasonably in deciding to sell the building, the council decided not to appeal.[7]
References
- ↑ "Southwall Town Hall". London Borough of Ealing. https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201131/historic_buildings/799/town_halls/3. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ↑ 'London's Town Halls' (Historic England), page 55
- ↑ Ali, Nasreen; Sayyid, Salman (2006). A Postcolonial People: South Asians in Britain. C Hurst & Co Publishers. p. 309. ISBN 978-1850657972. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TX31Q0tz6RAC&pg=PA309&lpg=.
- ↑ "1979: Teacher dies in Southall race riots". BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/23/newsid_2523000/2523959.stm. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ↑ "Plaques part of events to mark anniversary of riot". Ealing News Extra. 13 May 2019. http://ealingnewsextra.co.uk/features/anniversary-riot/. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ↑ "The battle to 'save Southall Town Hall' receives a major boost". My London News. 21 May 2018. https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/battle-save-southall-town-hall-14688380. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ↑ "Council won't continue fight for Southall Town Hall sale". Ealing Today. 26 September 2018. http://www.ealingtoday.co.uk/default.asp?section=info&page=easouthalltownhall005.htm. Retrieved 25 April 2020.