Erith Town Hall
| Erith Town Hall | |
|---|---|
 Erith Town Hall | |
| Location | Erith |
| Coordinates | 51°28′51″N 0°10′40″E / 51.4808°N 0.1779°E |
| Built | 1932 |
| Architect | Harold Hind |
| Architectural style(s) | Italian Renaisance style |
  Shown in Bexley | |
Erith Town hall is a municipal building in Walnut Tree Road, Erith, London.
History
The town hall was commissioned to replace the aging facilities at Walnut Tree House.[1] The new building, which was designed by Harold Hind, the council surveyor, in the Italian Renaisance style,[2] was opened on 2 June 1932.[3] It was established as the offices of Erith Urban District Council and became the headquarters of the Municipal Borough of Erith when the area was awarded municipal borough status in 1938.[4]
It was initially the home of the enlarged London Borough of Bexley when it was formed in 1965[5] but the new council only used Erith Town Hall briefly chosing instead to move to new Civic Offices on the south side of the Broadway in Bexleyheath in 1980.[6] Erith Town Hall remains in use as the council tax services department of the London Borough of Bexley.[7]
References
- ^ "Origins of Street and place names" (PDF). Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ "Opening of the Town Hall", Erith Observer, 10 June 1932
- ^ "Proposed addition to the list". London Borough of Bexley. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ "Kent's New Borough". Dover Express. British Newspaper Archive. 30 September 1938. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ^ "Local Government Act 1963". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ "Oak House, Bexleyheath" (PDF). London Borough of Bexley. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Erith Town Hall partially evacuated over suspicious package". Bexley Times. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2020.