Brent Town Hall

Brent Town Hall (formerly Wembley Town Hall) is a landmark in Brent, a borough in northwest London, England. Pevsner described it as "the best of the modern town halls around London, neither fanciful nor drab".[1]

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History

The building was completed in 1940.[2] It became a Grade II listed building in 1990, but the council want to delist it to facilitate redevelopment of the site.[3]

Design

The building is T-shaped, with a long facade on Forty Lane. It has been described as an English interpretation of Modernism, using brick rather than concrete.

References

  1. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1951), The Buildings of England: Middlesex, Penguin, p. 170, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=w_5NAAAAMAAJ&q=%22neither+fanciful%22 
  2. ^ Barrès-Bake, M.C.. "A Brief Architectural History of Wembley (later Brent) Town Hal". Brent Archives. http://brentbark.org/museumarchive.nsf/Files/LBBA-89/$FILE/Wembley_Town_Hall.pdf. Retrieved 4 February 2011. 
  3. ^ "Brent Town Hall could be delisted", Harrow Times, 9 March 2009, http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/4186739.print/, retrieved 15 April 2006 

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