Taberner House

Taberner House housed the many of the offices of Croydon London Borough Council until September 2013; the building was demolished in 2015. It was located in Croydon, London, close to the Croydon Town Hall.

Taberner House
Taberner House
Taberner House
Location within London Borough of Croydon
General information
LocationCroydon, London
Coordinates51.3714°N 0.0977°W / 51.3714; -0.0977
Inaugurated1967
OwnerCroydon London Borough Council
Design and construction
ArchitectH. Thornley

History

Taberner House, which was designed by architect H. Thornley, with Allan Holt as borough engineer and Hugh Lea as the borough architect, was built between 1964 and 1967.[1][2] Although the Croydon Corporation had needed extra space to supplement Croydon Town Hall since the 1920s, it was only with the imminent creation of the London Borough of Croydon that action was taken. It had its upper slab block narrowing towards both ends. It was named after Ernest Taberner OBE, Town Clerk from 1937 to 1963.[3]

Taberner House accommodated most of the council's central employees, and its 'one-stop shop' was the main location for the public to access information and services. In September 2013 Croydon Council moved their main departments into a new Public Services Delivery Hub ('PSDH') at Bernard Weatherill House.[4]

In April 2014, demolition of Taberner House was underway.[5] By 2015, the demolition was complete and Croydon Council had announced a revised residential scheme to lessen the impact on adjoining green spaces and to provide more affordable housing.[6] Construction of a 500-home development began in May 2018[7] and completion is expected in 2021.[8]

In September 2015, the site was temporarily planted with crocus as a link with the origins of the town's name. Plants were later made available to community gardens within the borough.[9]

References
  1. "Taberner House, London". Skyscraper News. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  2. Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1984). London 2: South. Penguin Books. p. 202. ISBN 978-0140710472.
  3. "No. 39040". The London Gazette. 13 October 1950. p. 5095.
  4. "Bernard Weatherill House". Open House London. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  5. "Taberner House to be demolished floor by floor". 13 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  6. Baynes, Chris (8 July 2015). "Council Scraps Developer Deal to Take Control of Taberner House Plans". croydonguardian.co.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  7. "Construction begins on huge 500-home development in heart of town". Your Local Guardian. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  8. "Housing association agrees £62m forward funding deal with developer". Inside Housing. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  9. "Community project champions Croydon's lost crocus fields", Grass Roots: The RHS Community Update: Issue No. 24, p. 6, Winter 2015–16, retrieved 18 January 2016
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