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to either side; there was also a window in a similar style on the first floor above the doorway. The principal rooms were the mayor's parlour, which was in the rear wing facing Richmond Grove, and the council chamber, which was in the northern part in Upper Street. Pevsner was impressed by the
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in 1900. After the vestry hall had become inadequate for the council's needs, civic leaders decided to procure a new town hall; they purchased a 136,000 square feet (12,600 m) site with a row of
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on the opposite side of Upper Street in 1983. Other developments in the 1980s included an underground bunker constructed for protection against nuclear attack.
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The design for the northern section involved a symmetrical main frontage with three bays facing onto Upper Street; it featured a stone porch with the borough
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and built in three stages: first the rear wing facing Richmond Grove in 1922, second the northern part in Upper Street in 1925 and third the
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was formed in 1965. However, the council moved many of its officers and their departments to new municipal offices designed by
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in 1929. The complex was officially opened by the mayor, Alderman William Manchester, on 15 March 1930.
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visited the town hall and met with civic leaders to mark her coronation in 1953.
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The new building was designed by Edward Charles Philip Monson in the
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The building was commissioned to replace the ageing mid-19th century
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terraced houses known as Tyndale Place for this purpose in 1920.
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and continued to serve as the local seat of government after
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Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Islington
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Bradley, Simon; Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1998).
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hall on Upper Street which had been used by the Parish of
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Islington
51°32′30″N 0°06′09″W / 51.5417°N 0.1024°W / 51.5417; -0.1024
Neoclassical style
Listed Building
Islington Town Hall is located in London Borough of Islington
Islington
Islington London Borough Council
Grade II listed building

vestry
St Mary's, Islington
Metropolitan Borough of Islington
Georgian era
neoclassical style
assembly hall
coat of arms
Corinthian order
pilasters
Arsenal
FA Cup
Huddersfield Town
Queen Elizabeth II
Metropolitan Borough of Islington
Islington London Borough Council
T P Bennett
Islington Museum
Duchess of Cambridge
Chance UK
Historic England

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