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Paddington Town Hall was a municipal building in Harrow Road, Paddington, London. The structure, which was the headquarters of the Paddington Metropolitan Borough Council, was demolished in 1965.
The Paddington Town Hall is a heritage-listed former town hall building located at 249 Oxford Street in the inner eastern Sydney suburb of Paddington, in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. Sir Henry Parkes laid its foundation stone in 1890 when Paddington was a separate municipality.
Built in the late 1800s the impressive Paddington Town Hall sits at the highest point on the Oxford Street ridge. Next to the Victoria Barracks the Town Hall has a 32-metre high clock tower, which was completed in 1905 to commemorate the coronation of Edward VII, dominating the Paddington skyline.
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4 days ago · The building, which was capable of accommodating only one hundred children, was erected on land said to have been given by Bishop Compton. In 1822, new school-rooms were built on a part of Paddington Green, on a spot which was formerly known as the "town pool."
Part of the green immediately west of it, which had been bought as more burial ground in 1843, was taken instead for a new vestry hall in 1853. North of the hall, a short way leading from Park Place to the church was called Stanley Place in 1846, when 6 houses were to be built there, and St. Mary's Square from 1864.
The former Paddington Town Hall. Paddington was part of the Metropolitan Borough of Paddington, the headquarters of which was at Paddington Town Hall, until 1965 when the area became part of the enlarged City of Westminster. [21]
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Paddington Town Hall, on the corner of Oxford and Oatley roads, was built in 1890-91 to a design by the architect John Edward Kemp in the Victorian Free Classical architectural style. Premier of NSW Sir Henry Parkes laid the foundation stone on 8 November 1890.
