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at a cost of £25 million and completed in 2018. As part of the scheme, most of the council's offices were consolidated into a new building called Lambeth Civic Centre at 6 Brixton Hill, a short distance south of the town hall, which opened in March 2018. Council meetings continue to be held in the
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of Croydon; the clock chimes out every 15 minutes. Sculpted stone figures surround the four clock faces, at the corners of the tower, representing Justice, Science, Art and Literature. On the Brixton Road facade near the foundation stone is a stone war memorial with the names of Lambeth Borough
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The main external materials are Portland stone, Norwegian granite and red brick. Both the exterior and interior feature many original decorative details such as sculptures, metalwork and stained glass. Interior spaces include the council chamber, meeting rooms, atrium and a community room.
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The building was extended westwards between 1935 and 1938 to sympathetic designs by Whinney, Son and Austen Hall with E.R. Silver, adding an extra floor and creating an assembly hall. In 1964 a plaque was unveiled at the town hall to commemorate the life of
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The building occupies a triangular site, with its longest and principal facades at Brixton Hill and Acre Lane. The design involves a symmetrical rounded frontage at the junction of these two roads; it features a doorway flanked by
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As part of a wider regeneration scheme, which included the construction of new residential units and offices, the town hall was the subject of a programme of refurbishment works which were undertaken by
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in 1900, civic leaders decided that the old building was inadequate for their needs and decided to procure a larger building: the site they selected had been occupied by some residential properties.
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columns on the first floor. Above the entrance rises the 134 feet (41 m) high clock tower which is a local landmark. The clock and bells were made by
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for much of the 20th century and continued to be the local seat of government after the formation of the
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The building continued to serve as the headquarters of the
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and H. Austen Hall were selected to design the building in
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Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Lambeth
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which had been completed in 1853. After the area became a
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After a design competition that attracted 143 entries,
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Brixton Hill
Brixton
51°27′39″N 0°06′59″W / 51.460727°N 0.116521°W / 51.460727; -0.116521
Septimus Warwick
Edwardian Baroque style
Listed Building
Lambeth Town Hall is located in London Borough of Lambeth
Brixton Hill
Acre Lane
Brixton
Lambeth London Borough Council
Grade II listed
Old Town Hall
Kennington Road
metropolitan borough
Septimus Warwick
Edwardian Baroque style
Prince
Princess of Wales
Violette Szabo
Special Operations Executive
Second World War
Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth
London Borough of Lambeth
Sam King
cruise ship
HMT Empire Windrush
Port of Tilbury
Morgan Sindall

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