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Waltham Forest Town Hall

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The council approved an extensive programme of renovation works to the town hall and the assembly hall in October 2019; the works authorised also included improved landscaping with water jets, night-time illumination and a reflection pool. The renovation of the town hall was completed in 2021 with
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in 1929, civic leaders decided to procure a purpose-built town hall: the site chosen for the new building had previously been occupied by Chestnuts Farm, also known as Clay Farm. They decided that the new town hall would be flanked to the south east by an assembly hall which would be built in the
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and not completed until 1942. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with 19 bays facing onto Forest Road with the end bays projecting forwards; the central section featured a three-bay full-height
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The first civic building in the area was a single storey public hall in Orford Road, Walthamstow, which probably dated back to the first half of the 19th century. This was demolished and replaced by an
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were installed on the external walls of the council chamber and six relief sculptures, also by Kavanagh, were erected on the portico piers.
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The foundation stone for the new building, in which contemporary artifacts were placed, was laid in 1938. The building was designed by
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further changes including the creation of Fellowship Square and the Queen Elizabeth II memorial garden at the rear with a copy of
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visited the town hall and had lunch with civic officials in March 2012. The building also hosted the
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was formed in 1965. The assembly hall hosted a concert performance by
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Novotny, Lukas. Page 34. Modern London. White Lion Publishing; 2018.
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above containing the words "Walthamstow Town Hall"; there was a tall
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The assembly hall, which was also completed in 1942, was used as a
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Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Waltham Forest
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same architectural style and at the same time as the town hall.
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Discography of classical albums recorded at the Assembly Hall
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Walthamstow Town Hall

Walthamstow
51°35′28″N 0°0′49″W / 51.59111°N 0.01361°W / 51.59111; -0.01361
Philip Dalton Hepworth
Stripped Classicism
Listed Building
Waltham Forest Town Hall is located in London Borough of Waltham Forest
Walthamstow
East London
Waltham Forest London Borough Council
Grade II
Italianate style
town hall
urban district
municipal borough
Philip Dalton Hepworth
stripped classical style
Portland stone
Second World War
portico
piers
frieze
copper
John Francis Kavanagh
Navvy
Mechanic
Drilling
Education
Fellowship

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