Sessions House, Surbiton
| The Sessions House | |
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Surrey | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Sessions House, Surbiton | |
| Type: | Former town hall |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ18506737 |
| Location: | 51°23’35"N, 0°17’54"W |
| Town: | Surbiton |
| History | |
| Address: | Ewell Road |
| Built 1898 | |
| Former town hall | |
| Edwardian Baroque | |
| Information | |
The Sessions House is a municipal building which stands on Ewell Road in Surbiton, Surrey, and which formerly served as the town hall for Surbiton, until that council was abolished, and later a court house.
The town hall is a Grade II listed building.[1]
History
The building was designed in the Edwardian Baroque style, and was completed in 1898.[1] It served as the civic offices of the 'Surbiton Urban District Council', which later became the 'Municipal Borough of Surbiton' in 1936.[2]
In 1965 the council was abolished and Surbiton was absorbed into a giant borough based on neighbouring Kingston upon Thames, and the town hall ceased to be a seat of local government. Instead, the building was used for judicial purposes as a sessions house which is to say courthouse.[1] As a courthouse the building became surplus to requirements in 2012 and since then has been used as a learning disability centre.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 National Heritage List 1358440: Sessions House, Surbiton (Grade II listing)
- ↑ Frederic A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol I: Southern England, London, 1979
- ↑ Everson, Tim (2017). Surbiton Through Time. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1445668383. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LhrwDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT102&lpg=.