Acton Town Hall


Acton Town hall is a municipal building in High Street, Acton, London. It is a Grade II listed building.

History

The facility was commissioned to replace an existing Italianate style town hall in the High Street. The site chosen for the new building was previously occupied by Berrymede Priory.
The foundation stone for the new building on 3 April 1909. It was designed by Raffles and Gridley in the Baroque style and was built by F.G. Minter of Putney on Acton Lane. It was officially opened by Herbert Nield, the Member of Parliament for Ealing on 10 March 1910. The building was established as the offices of the Acton Urban District Council and went on to become headquarters of the Municipal Borough of Acton when it was granted county borough status in 1921. A separate structure, now known as the "King's Rooms Building", was designed by William Leicester and built further to the east along the High Street: it opened in 1926. The King's Rooms Building was intended to provide access and facilities for the swimming baths.
The main building was extended to the east along the High Street to the designs of William Leicester in the late 1930s. The enlarged building, which included a large assembly hall with stage and balcony on the High Street frontage, was officially re-opened by Lord Rochdale, the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex, on 24 June 1939. A Victory Ball to mark the end of the Second World War was held in the concert hall in 1945.
The town hall ceased to function as the local of seat of government when the enlarged London Borough of Ealing was formed in 1965. The assembly hall was the scene of a live recording by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, subsequently released as Live at Acton Town Hall, in November 2002.
After becoming surplus to requirements, the complex was converted for residential use in 2018.