Barking Town Hall
Barking Town hall is a municipal building in Clockhouse Avenue, Barking, London. It is a locally listed building.History
The building was commissioned to replace the old town hall 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 new building was designed by Herbert Jackson and Reginald Edmonds in the Neo-Georgian style. The construction was delayed by the Second World War and undertaken by the council's own direct workforce at a cost of £520,000. The design, which was inspired by Stockholm City Hall, incorporated a tall clock tower surmounted by a cupola. The building was officially opened by Dame Evelyn Sharp, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, in December 1958.
Barking Assembly Hall, which adjoins the main building, was added in 1961.
The building was established as the headquarters of the Municipal Borough of Barking and continued to function as the local of seat of government when the enlarged London Borough of Barking and Dagenham was formed in 1965.
A major refurbishment of the complex was completed in April 2018.
