Leyton Town Hall

Leyton Town Hall is a municipal building in Adelaide Road, Leyton, London. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]

Leyton Town hall
Leyton Town hall
LocationAdelaide Road, Leyton
Coordinates51.5583°N 0.0078°W / 51.5583; -0.0078
Built1895
ArchitectJohn Johnson
Architectural style(s)Italianate style
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated1 August 1986
Reference no.1065587
Shown in Waltham Forest

History

The building was commissioned to replace an earlier town hall designed by John Knight located at the corner of High Road and Ruckholt Road; this had proved inadequate and was subsequently converted into a library.[2]

The new building, which was designed by John Johnson in the Italianate style, was built by F J Coxhead just to the north west of the old building and completed in 1895.[1] It was officially opened by the Duke and Duchess of York on 18 March 1896.[3] The building, which was later described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "fussy but enjoyable, in an eclectic and enriched Italianate style",[4] was extended to the south west by a side wing facing on to Ruckholt Road in 1910.[2]

The facility was established as the offices of Leyton Urban District Council and went on to be the headquarters of the Municipal Borough of Leyton when the area secured municipal borough status in 1927.[5] It ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged London Borough of Waltham Forest was formed in 1965.[6] It was subsequently used as additional workspace by the council but, after being found surplus to requirements, it was sold to a developer in 2006.[3] Following an extensive restoration, it was re-opened as a business centre in 2010.[3]

References
  1. Historic England. "Leyton Town hall, Leyton (part of) (1065587)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. "London's Town Halls". Historic England. p. 192. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  3. "Former Leyton Town Hall restored to former glory". East London and West Essex Guardian. 22 March 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  4. Cherry, Bridget; O'Brien, Charles; Pevsner, Nikolaus, eds. (2005). The Buildings of England, London 5: East. Yale University Press. p. 729. ISBN 0--300-10701-3.
  5. Powell, W R (1973). "Essex A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6 Leyton: Local government and public services". British History Online. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  6. "Local Government Act 1963". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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