Luton, The Town Hall c.1960
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L117088
More about this scene
The clean forceful lines of the neo- classical new town hall were in marked contrast to its rather sedate and friendly looking predecessor, built by the Luton architects John Williams & Sons in 1846. The earlier town hall was burned down during the post-First World War disturbances in July 1919. In 1930 a competition to design a new town hall was held, and the winners were the architects Bradshaw, Gass & Hope of Bolton. Their design has Doric columns on either side of the entrance as the earlier town hall did, but the neo-classical style is modified by some Art Deco touches. The new town hall is built of Portland stone, with a 144- foot clock tower. The bell that sounds the hours weighs two tonnes, and is the heaviest bell in Bedfordshire. Civic power, like central government, was getting stronger.
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