Hammersmith Town Hall

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Hammersmith Town Hall

Middlesex

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Hammersmith Town Hall in 2008
Type: Town hall
Location
Grid reference: TQ22697845
Location: 51°29’30"N, 0°14’3"W
Town: Hammersmith
History
Address: King Street
Built 1939
By: Ernest Berry Webber
Town hall
Information

Hammersmith Town Hall is the main administrative building Hammersmith and Fulham council, standing on King Street in Hammersmith, Middlesex. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]

History

The building was commissioned to replace an earlier town hall used by the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith in Hammersmith Broadway.[1] The current building, which was designed by Ernest Berry Webber, was completed in 1939.[1] It suffered bomb damage during the Blitz in 1940 and 1944, but was repaired in time for the victory celebrations in 1945. [2]

The foyer was redecorated with murals of riverside scenes by Alfred Daniels and John Titcheli in 1956.[3]

The town hall was inherited by the new Hammersmith and Fulham council on its creation in 1965.[1] A six-storey extension was completed in 1975.[1]

In November 2019, work began to demolish the extension with a view to creating a civic campus with a public square, a cinema and new residential space.[4][5] It is due to reopen in 2023.[2]

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