Theatres · London
Old Town Hall
In or near Batchworth.
Old Town Hall in England London, United Kingdom.
David Hillas — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Nearest railway station
- Rickmansworth · 0.3 km
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Old Town Hall is a cinema or movie theatre in England London, United Kingdom. Britain's listed cinemas span Edwardian picture palaces, Art Deco super-cinemas of the 1930s, and the surviving independent neighbourhood houses.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Chilterns
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Old Town Hall was a municipal building in the High Street in Rickmansworth, a town in Hertfordshire, in England. The upper floors have been demolished and the ground floor is now in retail use.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
In the mid-1860s, a group of local businessmen decided to form a company, known as the Rickmansworth Town Hall Company, to finance and commission a town hall for the town. The site they selected, on the south side of the High Street, was occupied by the old Market Hall, which had become very dilapidated. The site was donated to the directors by the lord of the manor, John Saunders Gilliat, whose residence was at The Cedars in Rickmansworth. The new building was designed by Arthur Thomas Allom (1829–1895) of Westminster in the Gothic Revival style, built in red brick with Bath stone dressings at a cost of £1,200 and was officially opened in December 1869. The design involved a symmetrical…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.6388, -0.4694
- County
- Hertfordshire
- District
- Three Rivers
- Parish
- Batchworth
- Postcode
- WD3 1AA
- Parliamentary constituency
- South West Hertfordshire
- Established
- 1869
- Nearest railway station
- Rickmansworth — 0.3 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q41741972 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Old Town Hall, Rickmansworth (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Old Town Hall?
- Old Town Hall is in Hertfordshire, London, United Kingdom (postcode WD3 1AA), in the parish of Batchworth.
- What is Old Town Hall?
- Old Town Hall in England London, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Old Town Hall?
- The nearest railway station is Rickmansworth, about 0.3 km away. Drivers can use postcode WD3 1AA.
- When was Old Town Hall built?
- Built or established in 1869.
- Who owns Old Town Hall?
- Old Town Hall is owned by | website=.
- Is Old Town Hall a protected site?
- Yes — Old Town Hall is part of the Chilterns National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Old Town Hall?
- The nearest railway station is Rickmansworth, about 0.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode WD3 1AA.