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Newham Town Hall
Newham Town Hall
	Newham Town Hall
Location	Barking Road, East Ham
Coordinates	51°31′57″N 0°03′19″E / 51.5326°N 0.0554°E
Built	1903; 122 years ago
Architect	Henry Cheers and Joseph Smith
Architectural style(s)	Renaissance style
Listed Building – Grade II*
Designated	31 January 1973; 51 years ago
Reference no.	1190712
	Shown in Newham

Newham Town Hall, formerly East Ham Town Hall, is a municipal building in Barking Road, East Ham, London. The town hall, which is the headquarters of Newham London Borough Council, is a Grade II* listed building.^[1]

History

In the early 20th century the East Ham Urban District Council held its meetings in the local school board offices in Wakefield Street.^[2] Following a rapid growth in the local population,^[3] civic leaders decided to procure purpose-built council offices: the site chosen for the new building was a plot of open land on the corner of Barking Road and High Street South.^[4]

The foundation stone for the new building was laid in 1901.^[5] It was designed by Henry Cheers and Joseph Smith in the Renaissance style, built by D.W. Barker and was officially opened by the philanthropist, John Passmore Edwards, on 5 February 1903.^[6] The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage with six bays facing onto Barking Road; the right hand section featured a 150 foot (46 m) high tower and a large archway to the extreme right inscribed with the words "Public Hall" above.^[1]^[7] The tower contained a clock by Smith & Sons of Derby,^[8] and an hour bell cast by John Taylor & Co of Loughborough, which weighed almost a ton (19cwt).^[9] A long extension to the south of the main building was completed in 1910 and a three-storey annex was built to the east on Barking Road in 1939.^[3] Internally, the principal rooms were the public hall, the council chamber and the mayor's parlour.^[1]

It was built to serve as the administrative headquarters of East Ham Urban District Council. The East Ham Urban District was given municipal borough status in 1904;^[10] and county borough status in 1915.^[11] The building continues to be the local seat of government after the formation of the London Borough of Newham in 1965, serving as its administrative headquarters.^[12]

An additional building in Stratford, which was designed by the borough architect, Ken Lund, and Norman White in the shape of a ziggurat, was completed in May 1976; it was to have been joined by another, larger ziggurat, but after reductions in funding and criticism of the design the original ziggurat was demolished in February 1998.^[13]

Most council officers and their departments were re-located to Newham Dockside (Building 1000 in Dockside Road) in 2010.^[14] The building had been designed by Aukett Swanke and developed by Development Securities, Standard Life Investments and the London Development Agency as part of a scheme to regenerate the Royal Albert Dock; it had been built by Bowmer + Kirkland at a cost of £70 million and had been completed in June 2004.^[15]^[16] After the developers had been unable to secure tenants, Newham Council acquired the building for £92 million and initiated a programme of fit-out works at a further cost of £19 million.^[17] However, formal meetings of the council continue to take place in the town hall.^[18]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Historic England. "Newham Council Offices (1190712)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
^ Powell, W R (1973). "'East Ham: Local government and public services', in A History of the County of Essex". London: British History Online. pp. 18–24. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b "London's Town Halls". Historic England. p. 156. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
^ "Ordnance Survey Map". 1898. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
^ "Let's hear it for East Ham - a town with a proud history". Newham Recorder. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
^ "Restoration makes the Grade". The Newham Magazine. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
^ "The Civic Plunge Revisited" (PDF). Twentieth Century Society. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
^ Mercer, Vaudrey (1977). The Life and Letters of Edward John Dent, Chronometer Maker, and Some Account of His Successors. London: The Antiquarian Horological Society. p. 528.
^ Deedes, Cecil; Walters, Henry Beauchamp (1909). The Church Bells of Essex Their Founders, Inscriptions, Traditions, and Uses. Aberdeen: W. Jolly & Sons. p. 142.
^ "The Incorporation of East Ham". The Times. 15 September 1904. p. 6.
^ "New London County Borough". The Times. 13 March 1914.
^ "Local Government Act 1963". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
^ "The Ziggurat Building". Stratford Explorers. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
^ "Newham Council 'may quit £111m office'". BBC. 23 September 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
^ "Behemoth in steel and glass". Building. 25 June 2004. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
^ "The Royals". BBC. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
^ "Deprived Newham watches bemused as council ponders move from £110m building after just three years". The Independent. 24 September 2013. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
^ "Discussions to take place on budget proposals; Newham Town Hall". London Borough of Newham. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.

[nhle-1] Historic England. "Newham Council Offices (1190712)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 May 2020.

[2] Powell, W R (1973). "'East Ham: Local government and public services', in A History of the County of Essex". London: British History Online. pp. 18–24. Retrieved 12 September 2020.

[he-3] "London's Town Halls". Historic England. p. 156. Retrieved 9 May 2020.

[4] "Ordnance Survey Map". 1898. Retrieved 12 September 2020.

[5] "Let's hear it for East Ham - a town with a proud history". Newham Recorder. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.

[6] "Restoration makes the Grade". The Newham Magazine. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2020.

[7] "The Civic Plunge Revisited" (PDF). Twentieth Century Society. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2020.

[8] Mercer, Vaudrey (1977). The Life and Letters of Edward John Dent, Chronometer Maker, and Some Account of His Successors. London: The Antiquarian Horological Society. p. 528.

[9] Deedes, Cecil; Walters, Henry Beauchamp (1909). The Church Bells of Essex Their Founders, Inscriptions, Traditions, and Uses. Aberdeen: W. Jolly & Sons. p. 142.

[10] "The Incorporation of East Ham". The Times. 15 September 1904. p. 6.

[11] "New London County Borough". The Times. 13 March 1914.

[12] "Local Government Act 1963". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2020.

[13] "The Ziggurat Building". Stratford Explorers. Retrieved 12 September 2020.

[14] "Newham Council 'may quit £111m office'". BBC. 23 September 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2020.

[15] "Behemoth in steel and glass". Building. 25 June 2004. Retrieved 9 May 2020.

[16] "The Royals". BBC. Retrieved 9 May 2020.

[17] "Deprived Newham watches bemused as council ponders move from £110m building after just three years". The Independent. 24 September 2013. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2020.

[18] "Discussions to take place on budget proposals; Newham Town Hall". London Borough of Newham. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.

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