| Southall Town Hall | |
|---|---|
 Southall Town Hall | |
| Location | Southall |
| Coordinates | 51°30′41″N0°22′31″W / 51.5113°N 0.3752°W Coordinates: 51°30′41″N0°22′31″W / 51.5113°N 0.3752°W |
| Built | 1898 |
| Architect | Thomas Newall |
| Architectural style(s) | Classical style |
  Shown in Ealing | |
Southall Town Hall is a municipal building in High Street, Southall, London. It has been designated a local heritage asset. [1]
In 1878, the vestry, which had not previously been active, was instructed to find a permanent home for its meetings. [2] After the area became an urban district as Southall-Norwood Urban District Council in 1894, this need for a permanent home became more pressing and the vestry board decided to procure purpose-built council offices in the High Street: the site they selected was open land owned by the Earl of Jersey. [3] [4]
The foundation stone for the new building was laid by the Countess of Jersey on 8 November 1897. [4] It was designed by Thomas Newall in the classical style, built by C.F. Kearley of Uxbridge and was completed in 1898. [5] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing onto the High Street; the central section featured a tetrastyle porch with Doric order columns on the ground floor and there was a window with a balcony flanked by Doric order pilasters on the first floor with a pediment containing a clock above. [4] The principal room was the council chamber on the first floor. [4]
The building became the headquarters of the Municipal Borough of Southall in 1936 [6] but ceased to function as the local seat of government when the enlarged London Borough of Ealing was formed in 1965. [7] It subsequently operated as a training and enterprise centre. [8] In April 1979, Blair Peach, a New Zealand teacher and anti-racism campaigner, died after being hit on the head, probably by a member of the Special Patrol Group (SPG), a specialist unit within the Metropolitan Police Service, during a riot outside the town hall. [9] [10]
In 2017, the council decided to dispose of a long leasehold interest in the town hall to the Vishwa Hindu Kendra temple, which is based just north of the hall. [11] However, after the High Court decided in July 2018 that the council had acted unlawfully and unreasonably in trying to sell the building, [12] the council decided in September 2018 not to appeal. [13]
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