Hendon Town Hall
| Hendon Town Hall | |
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Middlesex | |
|---|---|
 Hendon Town Hall | |
| Type: | Town hall |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ22778920 |
| Location: | 51°35’18"N, 0°13’45"W |
| Town: | Hendon |
| History | |
| Built 1901 | |
| By: | Thomas Henry Watson |
| Town hall | |
| Pre-Renaissance | |
| Information | |
Hendon Town hall is a municipal building in Hendon, Middlesex, built at the opening of the Twentieth Century and continuing as the town hall meeting place of the local council today. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]
History
Construction and development
In the late 19th century Hendon Local Board held its meetings at the Hendon Union Workhouse in the Burroughs.[2] The new building, which was designed by Thomas Henry Watson in the 'Pre-Renaissance' style for Hendon Urban District Council and was built by Kingerlee and Sons, was officially opened by the local mayor in November 1901.[2]
Hendon Urban District was given municipal borough status in 1932[3] and the building continued to be the headquarters of the Municipal Borough of Hendon until the borough was merged with several urban districts to form a new Barnet council with its new headquarters at Hendon Town Hall in 1965.
Margaret Thatcher made her first speech after the 1979 Election at the town hall in May 1979, in advance of being appointed Prime Minister.[4] and she returned to unveil a statue entitled the Family of Man by Itzhak Ofer in 1981.[5] Finchley had never had its own town hall, and Hendon Town Hall was sometimes referred to as "Finchley Town Hall" in the 1980s.[6][7]
Barnet House
Although meetings of Barnet Council have continued to be held at Hendon Town Hall,[8] many of the council departments, that had previously been located at disparate locations around the council area, moved to Barnet House in Colindale, just over a mile to the west of the town hall, in 2018.[9]
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1294762: Hendon Town Hall (Grade II listing)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 'London's Town Halls' (Historic England), page 11
- ↑ "Civic Heraldry of England and Wales-Middlesex (Obsolete)". Civic Heraldry of England and Wales. http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/middlesex.html. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- ↑ Speech on being re-elected MP for Finchley: 4 May 1979 – Margaret Thatcher Foundation
- ↑ "Remarks visiting Finchley". Margaret Thatcher Foundation. 24 July 1981. https://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/104693. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ↑ "Hendon Grove". London Gardens Trust. https://londongardenstrust.org/inventory/gardens-online-record.php?ID=BAR033. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ↑ "Not always a happy match". JC. 22 June 2017. https://www.thejc.com/culture/features/not-always-a-happy-match-1.440378. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ↑ "Barnet Council to hold virtual meetings". Hendon and Finchley Times. 7 April 2020. https://www.times-series.co.uk/news/18364410.barnet-council-hold-virtual-meetings/. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ↑ "Union protesters angry as Barnet Council votes in favour of moving offices to Colindale in £50 million regeneration project". Hendon and Finchley Times. 27 July 2016. https://www.times-series.co.uk/news/14644954.union-protesters-angry-as-barnet-council-votes-in-favour-of-moving-offices-to-colindale-in-50-million-regeneration-project/. Retrieved 27 April 2020.