FIRST - Town Hall in Walthamstow - Orford Road, London, UK
N 51° 34.977 W 000° 00.697
30U E 707033 N 5718886
This Waltham Forest Heritage blue plaque is attached to the front of the Old Town Hall on the north west side of Orford Road in Walthamstow. The plaque advises it was built in 1876 but the Historic England website has the year as 1866.
Waymark Code: WMPQHY
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/08/2015
Views: 1
The Old Town Hall, the first in Walthamstow, is Grade II listed with the entry at the Historic England website advising:
Former town hall, now college. 1866. Brick, stucco dressings. Slate pitched roof to parapet. Symmetrical composition in Italianate style. 2-storey, 5-bay centre block with lower 2-storey bay with one triple window to left and one storey bay of one triple window wide to right. Central entrance with slightly projecting 3-bay Doric porch. Canted bay window to upper floor. Round-headed windows with prominent keystones and stucco architraves. Cornice above ground floor; main console cornice above first floor parapet with oval dormer above central bay and pavilion roof projecting above with iron cresting. Interior retains cast iron stairway,plasterwork etc.
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