Islington Town Hall
| Islington Town Hall | |
|
Middlesex | |
|---|---|
 Islington Town Hall | |
| Type: | Town hall |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ31698424 |
| Location: | 51°32’30"N, 0°6’9"W |
| Town: | Islington |
| History | |
| Address: | Upper Street |
| Built 1925 | |
| By: | Edward Charles Philip Monson |
| Town hall | |
| Neoclassical | |
| Information | |
| Owned by: | Islington Council |
Islington Town Hall stands in Upper Street, in Islington, Middlesex. Built in 1925 as the town hall for Islington's borough council, it still serves as the headquarters of its successor.
The town hall is a Grade II listed building.[1]
History
The building was commissioned by the Metropolitan Borough of Islington to replace the old Islington Vestry Hall on Upper Street.[2] In 1920, the council purchased for the purpose a site of 136,000 square feet off Tyndale Place.[3]
The new building was designed by Edward Charles Philip Monson in the Neoclassical style and it was built in three stages: first the rear wing facing Richmond Grove in 1922, second the northern part in Upper Street in 1925 and third the Assembly Hall in 1929.[2] The complex was officially opened by the mayor on 15 March 1930.[4]
Since 1930, when Arsenal won their first FA Cup against Huddersfield Town, victory receptions have been held at the town hall.[5]
The original Islington Council was abolished in 1965 and the town hall was inherited by its successor. it remained the seat of local government for the new Islington Council.[2]
An underground bunker was constructed for protection against nuclear attack in the 1980s.[2] Islington Museum, which had previously been based in the town hall, moved out of the building in preparation for its move to Finsbury Library in December 2006.[6]
The council moved many of its staff to the Islington Customer Centre on the opposite side of Upper Street in the early 2000s.[7]
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1297950: Islington Town Hall (Grade II listing)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "From Arsenal parades to nuclear bunkers, new tour shares history of Islington Town Hall". Islington Gazette. 23 November 2016. https://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/heritage/from-arsenal-parades-to-nuclear-bunkers-new-tour-shares-history-of-islington-town-hall-1-4788825.
- ↑ 'London's Town Halls' (Historic England), page 125
- ↑ "The Civic Plunge Revisited". Twentieth Century Society. 24 March 2012. https://www.c20society.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/2012-2403-CivicPlungeRevisitedlowres2.pdf. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ↑ "87 years of Arsenal trophy parades at Islington Town Hall". Islington Gazette. 30 May 2017. https://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/heritage/87-years-of-arsenal-trophy-parades-at-islington-town-hall-1-5040248.
- ↑ "Museum news — both good and bad". Greater London Industrial Archaeology Service. 1 February 2007. http://www.glias.org.uk/news/228news.html.
- ↑ "Parking on Islington Council estates". Islington London Borough Council. 1 August 2014. https://www.islington.gov.uk///~/media/sharepoint-lists/public-records/housing/information/factsheets/20142015/20140813estateparkinginformation.