Wimbledon Town Hall
| Wimbledon Town Hall | |
|
Surrey | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Wimbledon Town Hall | |
| Type: | Former town hall |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ24907061 |
| Location: | 51°25’15"N, 0°12’18"W |
| Town: | Wimbledon |
| History | |
| Address: | The Broadway |
| Built 1931 | |
| By: | Bradshaw Gass & Hope |
| Former town hall | |
| Classical | |
| Information | |
| Condition: | Converted to retail use |
Wimbledon Town Hall is a municipal building in The Broadway in Wimbledon, Surrey. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]
History
The building was commissioned to replace the aging 19th-century public offices which had been designed by Thomas Goodchild in the Italianate style.[2][3] The new building, which was designed by Bradshaw Gass & Hope in the Classical style, was officially opened by the Duke of York (later King George VI) in 1931.[4]
During the Second World War, a civil defence control centre was installed in the basement and observation posts were placed on the roof.[5]
The building was established as the headquarters of the Municipal Borough of Wimbledon and continued to be the local seat of government of the enlarged Merton Council formed in 1965. However, the council moved to Crown House in Morden in 1985.[6]
Following three planning inquiries, much of Wimbledon Town Hall was demolished in the late 1980s, leaving only the front range in place, which itself was converted for retail use to the designs of the Building Design Partnership in 1990.[2][7] A few years later, Tesco moved into the Wimbledon Town Hall.[8]
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1358018: Wimbledon Town Hall (Grade II listing)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 'London's Town Halls' (Historic England), page 155
- ↑ A History of the County of Surrey - Volume 4 pp 120-125: Parishes: Wimbledon (Victoria County History)
- ↑ McCue, Paul (2010). Wandsworth and Battersea Battalions in the Great War. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1848841949. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_WLNDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT385&lpg=.
- ↑ "Heritage: The first bombing of Wimbledon". Wimbledon Guardian. 16 August 2013. https://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/10616974.heritage-the-first-bombing-of-wimbledon/. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Secret Wimbledon". Love Wimbledon. https://lovewimbledon.org/visitor-information/secret-wimbledon/. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ↑ "Store locator". Tesco. https://www.tesco.com/store-locator/uk/?bID=3389. Retrieved 15 August 2020.