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31: 124: 172: 131: 275:. The building became a community centre in 1955, offering "meals on wheels" and other services from 1957, and being renamed West Greenwich House in 1958. It was transferred from council management to community management in January 1994, and has subsequently continued to be used as venue for the provision of music and other classes. 386: 183:. The foundation stone was laid by the proprietor of the Deptford Brewery, Thomas Norfolk, in his capacity as chairman of the board of works, on 18 April 1877. It was designed by William Wallen in the 194:
The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of three bays facing onto Greenwich High Road. The central bay, which was slightly recessed, originally featured an oval-shaped
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on the ground floor and by tri-partite round headed windows on the first floor. At roof level, there was originally a central squat clock tower surmounted by an
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also flanked by Doric order pilasters supporting a frieze, a cornice, and a parapet. The outer bays were fenestrated by pairs of
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After the war, part of the building was occupied by the local Housing Department and another part was occupied by the
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when it was formed in 1900. After it became inadequate for the council's needs, civic leaders decided to build a
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in brown brick with stone dressings at a cost of £9,500 and was officially opened by Norfolk on 25 April 1877.
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and relocated there in 1939. A room in the old town hall was allocated for use by the
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The building was commissioned to serve as the headquarters of the
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The building in its original form with portico and dome
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Greenwich
51°28′38″N 0°00′58″W / 51.4772°N 0.0161°W / 51.4772; -0.0161
Italianate style
West Greenwich House is located in Royal Borough of Greenwich
Greenwich

Greenwich District Board of Works
Italianate style
Plumstead
portico
Doric order
entablature
balustraded
parapet
pilasters
frieze
cornice
cross window
sash windows
ogee
dome
Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich
new town hall
Royal Hill
Local Defence Volunteers
Second World War
V-1 flying bomb
Ministry of Works
"Courage & Co"

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