1868 - Old Town Hall Stratford - Broadway, Stratford, London, UK
N 51° 32.442 E 000° 00.095
31U E 292078 N 5714217
This 1868 building, Old Town Hall Stratford, stands on the south east side of Broadway in central Stratford.
Waymark Code: WMGB2Z
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/08/2013
Views: 3
The cornerstone has two inscriptions.
The main one reads:
This stone
was laid by
John Meson
Esq
Chairman of the Local Board
April 2 1868
Lewis Angell
John
Giles Architects
The other one reads:
Erected
by the
West Ham Local
Board
for Public and
Parochial Purposes
Charles
Wilson
The building is Grade II listed and the entry at the English
Heritage website [visit
link] tells us about the building:
"Offices formerly West Ham Town Hall. Built in 1867-8,
enlarged in 1886: Giles Angell. Monumental stone Italianate building. Three
storeys, eleven windows wide. Rusticated ground floor with square headed
windows. Round headed windows to first floor with Corinthian pilasters between.
Balustraded parapet. Two-storeyed projecting column. portico of 3 bays. Top
floor set back with cornice and parapet. To right tall tower with cupola
(fishscale slates). To left curved corner and return elevation to West Ham Lane.
Standing stone figures to parapet at first and second floor level. Interior not
seen."
The Heritage Explorer website [visit
link] adds some detail:
"West Ham Town Hall in Stratford Broadway was originally
built for the West Ham Local Board of Health. It is surmounted by statues
representing Justice, Liberty, Fortitude and other virtues with a square tower
set at one corner."
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