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125: 31: 132: 188:. The design for the main frontage in Barking Town Square, which was brick faced, involved nine bays with an arched doorway on the ground floor, a balcony and three tall windows on the first floor and three smaller windows on the second floor; a tall clock tower surmounted by a 176:
in East Street. A large site was chosen for the new building east of Broadway and extensive demolition of aging residential accommodation was undertaken in the late 1930s. The clearance included the buildings on Heath Street which led down to Barking Wharf.
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was erected at roof level. The size of the building was maximised by the use of lengthy side elevations: the elevations on the north west and south east sides extended back 17 bays.
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Construction work started in 1939 and was delayed the completed basement was put into use as an air raid shelter for the duration of the
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and continued to function as the local of seat of government when the enlarged
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The new building was designed by Herbert Jackson and Reginald Edmonds in the
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Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
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The town hall was established as the headquarters of the
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A major refurbishment of the complex, to a design by
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Barking
51°32′09″N 0°04′42″E / 51.5358°N 0.0784°E / 51.5358; 0.0784
Neo-Georgian style
Barking Town Hall is located in Barking and Dagenham
Barking
Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council
listed building
old town hall
Neo-Georgian style
Stockholm City Hall
cupola
Second World War
Dame Evelyn Sharp
Ministry of Housing and Local Government
Barking Assembly Hall
Municipal Borough of Barking
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
Queen Elizabeth II
Duke of Edinburgh
Hawkins\Brown
open plan
"Local List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest"
"Post Memories: The history of Barking Magistrates' Court"
Historic England
"Barking Magistrates Court and railing, lampholders and lamps (1359304)"
National Heritage List for England


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