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was completed in 1902. Internally, the principal rooms were the council chamber and mayor's parlour at the rear of the building on the ground floor and a large assembly hall in the east part of the building on the first floor. After a major fire in the assembly hall, that part of the building was rebuilt to the designs of
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in 1899, the building was extended westwards by adding a tower and an extra three bays to the five bays that already existed. The foundation stone for the extension was laid by the mayoress, Mrs Sarah Ellen Kershaw, on 9 September 1901. The design by William Hunt created a monumental structure which
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After a period of neglect, it passed into the ownership of the newly formed Shoreditch Town Hall Trust in 1997. Following an extensive restoration programme, the building reopened in 2004 as a venue for community, cultural and small business uses. Further works to improve facilities in 2012 allowed
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above. At the time it was described as "the grandest vestry hall in London". The building was embellished with symbolic statuary alluding to the borough motto, "More Light, More Power", which refer to the council's aim of generating its own electricity to power local industry.
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in 1965. It was subsequently used as a venue for boxing and other events and in 1969 Ulric Regis died from brain injuries soon after being outpointed by
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at the town hall. In the 1990s the assembly hall served as a night club featuring
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The building ceased to be the local seat of government after the formation of the
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in 1904. An additional wing to the south of the main building was added in 1938.
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columns on the ground floor; there were windows interspersed with
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In the mid-19th century, the vestry board decided to procure a
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is an independent cultural, live events and community space in
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and completed in 1866. The design involved a symmetrical main
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Old Street
Shoreditch
51°31′37″N 0°04′45″W / 51.5270°N 0.0791°W / 51.5270; -0.0791
Italianate style
Listed Building
Shoreditch Town Hall is located in London Borough of Hackney
Shoreditch
Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch
listed building
vestry
St. Leonard's
almshouses
Metropolitan Board of Works
John Thwaites
Italianate style
Stratford
frontage
Old Street
tetrastyle
porch
Ionic order
Corinthian order
pilasters
pediment
Mary Jane Kelly
Whitechapel murders
Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch
Alfred Cross
London Borough of Hackney

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