Location Name - Croydon Clocktower
Katharine Street
Croydon CR9 1ET

Location ID: 10135902

Phone 1:020 7620 0391

Website:
https://croydonfilmoffice.co.uk/ (Borough Film Office)

Email: [email protected]

 
Styles: Period 1850-1900, Period 1990-2000, Modern (post 1945), Victorian

Categories:
CENTRAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT - Monuments and statues
ENTERTAINMENT - Cinemas
CENTRAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT - Town Halls
ENTERTAINMENT - Halls

Description:
The modern Croydon Clocktower complex is joined to the Victorian Town Hall and consists of the Central Library, Visitor Information Centre, museum, bar, galleries, booking hall and glass-roofed cafe. The Clocktower is also home to the David Lean Cinema. Also at the Clocktower is the stunning Grade II listed Braithwaite Hall. Designed by Charles Henman Junior and built in the 1890s, the hall has an oak floor, 40ft high wooden ceilings, panelled walls and stained glass windows. The Hall also has a large minstrels' gallery, housing an old library.

Jurisdictions::
Croydon

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