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In July 2016, in the context of large budget deficit and the need to reshape its services, the council announced an agreement with a hotel developer to convert part of the Town Hall and the Victoria Hall into a boutique hotel. The development could also see a 28-storey tower block on the Perceval
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A large "spanner-shaped" building designed by Sidney Kaye, Eric Firmin & Partners was erected to the west of the town hall, as additional accommodation for council officers and their departments, in 1983. Initially referred to as the "Civic Centre", it was renamed, in the mid-1990s, "Perceval
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on 15 December 1888. The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage with eleven bays facing onto New Broadway; the central section featured a double round arched doorway on the ground floor; there were
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in 1930. Internally, the extension created a new council chamber and a mayor's parlour as well as a new public hall in the basement which became known as the "Queens Hall".
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The new building, which was also designed by Charles Jones and in the same style but on a much larger scale, was built by Hugh Knight and officially opened by the
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assessment identified concerns over the condition of the town hall, the council relocated its meetings to Perceval House in October 2023.
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The building was significantly extended to the east, with a new octagonally towered entrance, to the designs of Ealing architect
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and a spire. A public hall intended for hosting events such as dances, wedding receptions and political rallies, known as the
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on the first and second floors and a gable above flanked by turrets; the design also featured an off-centre clock tower with
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by Henry John Hudson, a portrait of Spencer Perceval by an unknown artist and a portrait of Sir Edward Montague Nelson by
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in 1901 and continued to function as the local of seat of government when the enlarged
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in 1894, it became the new council offices. It went on to become headquarters of the
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Felstead, Alison; Girouard, Mark; Franklin, Jonathan (2001).
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Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Ealing
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The building had been established as the offices of the
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Works of art in the town hall include a portrait of
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Ealing
51°30′47″N 0°18′27″W / 51.5130°N 0.3076°W / 51.5130; -0.3076
Charles Jones
Gothic Revival style
Listed Building
Ealing Town Hall is located in London Borough of Ealing
Ealing
listed building
old town hall
Charles Jones
Prince
Princess of Wales
oriel windows
lancet windows
Victoria Hall
George Fellowes Prynne
local board of health
urban district
Municipal Borough of Ealing
London Borough of Ealing
Spencer Perceval
Prime Minister
assassinated
health and safety
King Edward VII
Barnett Samuel Marks
Historic England
"Ealing Town Hall (1358791)"
National Heritage List for England

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