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4-Piered Portico

Walthamstow Town Hall

Civic Centre. 1937-42 by P D Hepworth. Portland stone, copper lantern; roof not visible. Three storeys. Nineteen bays, end bays set forward. Central portico of four piers, without capitals, unmoulded to front but panelled to sides, with inset relief plaques. Inscription "Walthamstow Town Hall" in frieze above. Coved cornice. Shallow architraves to windows, iron balconies to first floor centre, middle and pavilions. Tall square copper lantern with louvred sides and clock, topped by octagonal lantern with cornice, ball and spike, pinnacles to four corners. Rear elevation with polygonal projection to centre with attached figure sculptures. Portland stone gatepiers, two pairs to east, two pairs to west, corniced; with moulded sides; linked by low wall. Theatre to south east an integral part of the design.

[Historic England]

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Uploaded on May 24, 2020
Taken on October 23, 2019