Hackney Town Hall
| Hackney Town Hall | |
|---|---|
 Hackney Town Hall | |
| Location | Mare Street, Hackney |
| Coordinates | 51°32′42″N 0°03′30″W / 51.5451°N 0.0582°W |
| Built | 1937 |
| Architect | Lanchester and Lodge |
| Architectural style(s) | Art Deco style |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Designated | 19 July 1991 |
| Reference no. | 1235869 |
  Shown in Hackney | |
Hackney Town Hall is a municipal building in Hackney, London. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]
History
The original facility was a private house, erected at the north end of Mare Street in 1802, which had been converted into a simple vestry office in the mid 18th century.[2][3][4]
This was replaced by a building further south on Mare Street designed by Harnmack and Lambert in the Italianate style which was completed in 1866.[5] This, the second town hall, was extended at both ends in 1898.[5] It became the headquarters of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney when it became a metropolitan borough in 1899.[5] After the second facility was deemed inadequate, it was demolished to make way for the current facility.[5]
The current facility, the third town hall, was built on a site just to the west of the second town hall.[5] It was designed by Lanchester and Lodge in the Art Deco style and completed in 1937.[1] It continued to be the local seat of government after the formation of the enlarged London Borough of Hackney in 1965.[6]
Many of the staff, who had been located in disparate departments around the area, moved to the new Hackney Service Centre in Hillman Street, designed by Hopkins Architects, in 2010.[7]
An extensive refurbishment of the town Hall to the designs of Hawkins\Brown was completed in 2017.[8][9]
In July 2019 Extinction Rebellion held a series of protests in East London followed by a people's assembly outside the town hall.[10]
References
- ^ a b Historic England. "Hackney Town Hall (1235869)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Historic England. "The Midland Bank (1226899)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ "Hackney Old Town Hall". Burlington. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ T F T Baker (ed.) (1995). "Hackney: Local Government". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 10: Hackney. British History Online. Retrieved 2009-04-30.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ a b c d e "London's Town Halls". Historic England. p. 72. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Local Government Act 1963". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ "Hackney Service Centre". E-Architect. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Hackney Town Hall". Hawkins\Brown. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Projects: Hackney town hall". Building. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Nosheen Iqbal (13 July 2019). "Extinction Rebellion kick off weekend of protest with Dalston blockade". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 May 2020.