Assembly Hall - Forest Road, London, UK
N 51° 35.450 W 000° 00.767
30U E 706917 N 5719759
This blue plaque is attached to the west face of the Assembly Hall, a concert and recording venue, close to Walthamstow Town Hall. The plaque indicates that several famous musical artists have performed here.
Waymark Code: WMW8F2
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/24/2017
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The full wording on the blue plaque reads:
Walthamstow Music History Walking Tour 2015
Assembly
Hall
Concert and recording venue.
Placido Domingo, Sex Pistols,
Yehudi Menuhin, The Fall and
New Order performed here.
1941 - present
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The Assembly Hall is a Grade II listed building with the entry at the Historic England website telling us:
Theatre. 1937-42 by P D Hepworth. Portland Stone, roof not visible. Tall single storeyed block, the centre set forward with six piers in antis , Plain to front and panelled to sides. Cornice. Attic. Tall metal framed windows incorporating entrances, recessed within portico with metal glazing bars and patterned glass. Further entrances to outer bays with crests over. Return elevations with tall windows. Two pairs of gatepiers to south, Portland stone, corniced, with panelled sides. Designed as a whole with the Civic Centre.