Hammersmith Town Hall


Hammersmith Town Hall is the main administrative building for the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, located on King Street in Hammersmith. It is a Grade II listed building.

History

The building was commissioned to replace an earlier town hall used by the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith in Hammersmith Broadway. The current building, which was designed by Ernest Berry Webber, was completed in 1939. It suffered bomb damage during the Blitz in 1940 and 1944, but was repaired in time for the victory celebrations in 1945. The foyer was redecorated with murals of riverside scenes by Alfred Daniels and John Titcheli in 1956.
The town hall was transferred to the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in 1965. A six-storey extension was completed in 1975. In November 2019 work began to demolish the extension with a view to creating a civic campus with a public square, a cinema and new residential space. The new civic campus was designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. It is due to reopen in 2023.