Tottenham Town Hall
| Tottenham Town Hall | |
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Middlesex | |
|---|---|
 Tottenham Town Hall | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ33648936 |
| Location: | 51°35’14"N, 0°4’21"W |
| Town: | Tottenham |
| History | |
| Address: | Approach Road |
| Built 1905 | |
| By: | Arnold Taylor and R Jemmett |
| Baroque | |
| Information | |
Tottenham Town Hall is a municipal building in Approach Road, Tottenham, in Middlesex. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]
History
In the 19th century the local board of health met at Bruce Castle.[2] The site selected for the new building had previously been occupied by four large residential properties: Eaton House, Wilton House, The Ferns and Hatfield House.[2] The foundation stone for the new facility was laid on 6 October 1904.[2] The building was designed by Arnold Taylor and R Jemmett in the Baroque style and was completed in November 1905.[1] It was flanked by a fire station to the south and swimming baths to the north both in the same architectural style as the town hall.[2]
It was established as the offices of Tottenham Urban District Council (later the 'Municipal Borough of Tottenham' from 1934).
In 1965 the council was abolished and the town hall ceased to be the local seat of government. The building subsequently deteriorated and was placed on the Buildings at Risk Register.[3] An extensive programme of refurbishment works of the building to the designs of BPTW was completed in December 2010.[3] The works included restoration of the council chamber, now known as the Moselle Room.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 National Heritage List 1249634: Tottenham Town Hall, Haringey (Grade II listing)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 'London's Town Halls' (Historic England), page 105
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Tottenham Town Hall". BPTW. https://www.bptw.co.uk/projects/tottenham-town-hall/. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ↑ "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.
