Hove Town Hall (Brighton)

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After the gothic old town hall was gutted by fire, planning permission for the new concrete monstrosity was put on display in October 1968.

John Wells-Thorpe, of Gotch & Partners, Richmond Place, was chosen from a shortlist of six, with a tender of £1.4m; the contractors were Walter Llewellyn & Sons of Eastbourne.
Building work continued throughout 1972 in spite of a strike by UCATT members in May and flooding problems which necessitated extra 20 foot pilings, a total depth of 60 feet. The building was constructed using 900 concrete cladding units, each weighing two tons, inset with huge panes of tinted glass called 'Spectrafloat'.

Lord Rupert Nevill opened the new Hove Town Hall on 5 March 1974. The final bill was £2,911,283, more than double the original tender. A new extension was added in 1991 to house the Registrar's office, a Citizen's Advice Bureau and a Tourist Information Centre.

The town hall is open Mon-Fri 8.30am-5pm (weekends vary according to functions).