Chingford Town Hall

Chingford Town Hall is a municipal building in The Ridgeway, Chingford, London. It is a locally listed building.[1]

Chingford Town Hall
Chingford Town Hall
LocationThe Ridgeway, Chingford
Coordinates51.6300°N 0.0036°W / 51.6300; -0.0036
Built1929
ArchitectFrank Nash and H.T. Bonner
Architectural style(s)Baroque style
Shown in Waltham Forest

History

The building, which was designed by Frank Nash and H.T. Bonner in the Baroque style and built by William Griffiths, Sons & Cromwell, was completed in December 1929.[2][3] The building was established as the municipal offices of Chingford Urban District Council and became the headquarters of the Municipal Borough of Chingford after it was awarded municipal borough status in 1938.[4]

The town hall was extended by the addition a two-storey office block built to the south west in 1960 but ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged London Borough of Waltham Forest was formed in 1965.[5] It was subsequently used as additional workspace by the council but, after being found surplus to requirements, it was converted for residential use in 2013.[2][6]

References
  1. "Locally listed buildings" (PDF). London Borough of Waltham Forest. p. 24. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. "Former Chingford town hall set to be turned into homes". East London and West Essex Guardian. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  3. "London's Town Halls". Historic England. p. 191. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  4. Powell, W R (1966). "'The parish and borough of Chingford', in A History of the County of Essex". London: British History Online. pp. 97–114. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  5. "Local Government Act 1963". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  6. "Gilmartin Ley, The Old Town Hall, Chingford, London, E4". Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
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