Old Town Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Waltham Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 1985. Town hall. 5 related planning applications.
Old Town Hall
- WRENN ID
- hushed-rood-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waltham Forest
- Constituency
- Walthamstow MP: Ms Stella Creasy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 August 1985
- Type
- Town hall
- Address
- Old Town Hall, Orford Road E17
- OS grid reference
- TQ 378 889
- Coordinates
- 51.58298, -0.01167
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Town Hall, now a college, was built in 1866. It is constructed of brick with stucco dressings and has a slate roof. The building is a symmetrical composition in the Italianate style.
The main building is two storeys high, with a five-bay central block. To the left is a lower two-storey section with a single triple window, and to the right, a single-storey section also with a single triple window. A slightly projecting three-bay Doric porch provides the central entrance. The upper floor features a canted bay window. The windows are round-headed, with prominent keystones and stucco architraves. A cornice runs above the ground floor, and a main console cornice sits above the first-floor parapet. Above the central bay is an oval dormer, and a pavilion roof projects, featuring iron cresting. The interior retains original features, including a cast iron stairway and plasterwork.
Local climate
Old Town Hall sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 15 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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