Gardens · London
Purley Council Offices Including Attached Railings
Purley Council Offices Including Attached Railings — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.
Ross Burgess — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
About
Purley Council Offices Including Attached Railings is a garden of interest in england-london, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Purley Council Offices, also known as Purley Town Hall, is a former municipal building in Brighton Road, Purley, London. The structure, which was the headquarters of Coulsdon and Purley Urban District Council, is a Grade II listed building.
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Background
History
Following significant population growth, largely associated with the increasing number of commuter homes in the area, the villages of Coulsdon, Purley and Sanderstead were brought together as an urban district within the historic county of Surrey in 1915. In the 1920s the new civic leaders decided to procure council offices for the area: the site chosen was open land on the north side of Brighton Road. The new building was the subject of a design competition which was assessed by Philip Hepworth and won by W. B. Nicholls and Basil Hughes. The new building was designed in the Neo-Georgian style, built in red brick with stone dressings at a cost of £30,000 and was officially opened by the…
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- Coordinates
- 51.3316, -0.1255
- Address
- Brighton Road, Purley
- Established
- 1930
Sources
- wikidata: Q26317169 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Purley Council Offices (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Purley Council Offices Including Attached Railings?
- Purley Council Offices Including Attached Railings is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.3316°, -0.1255°.
- When was Purley Council Offices Including Attached Railings built?
- Purley Council Offices Including Attached Railings dates to 1930.