Westminster City Hall
| Westminster City Hall | |
|
Middlesex | |
|---|---|
 Westminster City Hall | |
| Type: | Town hall |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ29397928 |
| Location: | 51°29’52"N, 0°8’14"W |
| City: | Westminster |
| History | |
| Address: | Victoria Street |
| Built 1965 | |
| By: | Burnet Tait & Partners |
| Town hall | |
| Modern | |
| Information | |
Westminster City Hall is a tower-block municipal building in Victoria Street in Westminster, Middlesex. The building stands 20 storeys high, and serves as the headquarters of Westminster City Council.
History
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The building was commissioned to replace the aging Westminster City Hall in Charing Cross Road which had been designed by Robert Walker and completed in 1890.[1][2] The old building, which adjoined the Garrick Theatre,[3][4] had become the headquarters of the 'Metropolitan Borough of Westminster' in 1900[5] and had been enlarged in 1902.[2]
The new 20-storey building in Victoria Street formed part of a larger development by Land Securities.[1] It was designed by Burnet Tait & Partners in the modern style, built by Taylor Woodrow Construction and was opened in April 1965.[6] It became the local seat of government of the enlarged City of Westminster which was formed that year. Initially the council only used the 20th floor but gradually expanded to take the whole building.[1] It is 250 feet high.[7]
The building was stripped back to a concrete shell in an extensive refurbishment between 2017 and 2019.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 'London's Town Halls' (Historic England), page 207
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hibbert, Christopher; Weinreb, Ben; Keay, Julia; Keay, John (2008). The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan. p. 149. ISBN 978-1405049245. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wN_H-__MBpYC&pg=PA149&lpg=.
- ↑ A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to London and Its Environs. Ward, Lock & Co.. 1919. p. 124. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BRK1APtXtA4C&pg=PA124&lpg=.
- ↑ "Harold Macmillan leaving the Polling Station at Westminster City Hall". Getty Images. 8 October 1959. https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/british-prime-minister-harold-macmillan-leaving-the-polling-news-photo/102398906. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ↑ "London Government Act 1899". Butterworth and Co.. https://archive.org/details/londongovernmen00deptgoog/page/n7/mode/2up. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ↑ "Westminster City Hall". Open House London. https://openhouselondon.open-city.org.uk/listings/4710. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ↑ "Westminster City Hall". Emporis. https://www.emporis.com/buildings/110674/westminster-city-hall-london-united-kingdom. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ↑ "Plans for Westminster's City Hall to undergo refurbishment to drag it into 21st Century". My London News. 14 June 2016. https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/plans-westminsters-city-hall-undergo-11466739. Retrieved 16 May 2020.