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Town Hall Hotel – Shoreditch
London, United Kingdom · Independent · Near Luxury
On 1 November 1910 Bethnal Green opened a new town hall on Patriot Square, Portland stone by Percy Robinson and William Alban Jones, Henry Poole's Charity over the Cambridge Heath Road door. A century later, almost to the month, hotelier Loh Lik Peng reopened it as a hotel, and Rare Architecture wrapped a laser-cut aluminium screen over the roof and left the council chamber in the plan. Downstairs, Rafael Cagali's Da Terra, Brazilian and Italian, holds two Michelin stars.
- 97 rooms
- Opened 2010
- Neighborhood: Bethnal Green
- Architect: Percy Robinson and William Alban Jones
About Town Hall Hotel – Shoreditch
- The 1937 to 1939 wing is by E. C. P. Monson. A relief of the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green sits on the balcony over that entrance, and Henry Poole's Justice faces Patriot Square.
- The new council chamber still has its Australian walnut benches, the mayor's seat and heraldic glass. The De Montfort Suite keeps a triple-height ceiling and the Edwardian plaster.
- Da Terra opened in January 2019. A first Michelin star followed within eight months, and a second in 2021. In 2023 the National Restaurant Awards placed it third in the UK.
- RIBA named the conversion its project of the year in 2011. Design Hotels counts 97 rooms. Peng bought the Grade II building in 2007.
History
Bethnal Green Town Hall was designed by Percy Robinson and William Alban Jones, opened on 1 November 1910, with sculptures by Henry Poole. E. C. P. Monson added the long east wing in 1937 to 1939, including a relief of the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green. Loh Lik Peng bought the Grade II building in 2007. Rare Architecture converted it into Town Hall Hotel, which opened in November 2010, with a laser-cut aluminium screen on the roof. RIBA called the scheme its project of the year in 2011. Da Terra, Rafael Cagali's restaurant, opened in the building in January 2019 and holds two Michelin stars.
The setting
Bethnal Green tube and Museum Gardens are the neighbours.
Awards
- National Restaurant Awards, third in the UK, Da Terra (2023)
- Michelin two stars, Da Terra (2021)
- RIBA Project of the Year (2011)
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