1906-8 - Chelsea Old Town Hall - King's Road, Chelsea, London, UK
N 51° 29.252 W 000° 10.098
30U E 696591 N 5707845
Chelsea Old Town Hall stands on the south side of the King's Road. The cornerstone is set into the centre of the building, at chest level, below the clock.
Waymark Code: WMG33J
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/06/2013
Views: 1
The inscription, carved in granite, is
very difficult to read. The stone is in two halves. The part on the left shows a
coat-of-arms with the wording "Metropolitan / Borough of Chelsea". The
part to the right has carved at the top "Erected 1906-8". Beneath that
there are further inscribed words that are very hard to decipher.
The building is Grade II listed and the
entry at the English Heritage website [visit
link] tells us:
"Town hall. 1906-8. Leonard Stokes,
architect. Red brick and stone. Granite plinth. Slate roof. Two storeys, 15
windows wide. 3 bays to each end, pedimented, with stone facing. Roman Ionic
columns in antis. Entrances. Between, red brick with stone architraves, aprons
and cornices. Ground floor segmental heads to windows. Square-headed above.
Central bellcote with split pediment and large elaborate dado projecting
beneath."
The building is now used as an
entertainment venue.
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