Has time run out for Maidenhead Town Hall?
The building famous for its starring role in a 'carry on' film could be replaced
THE Maidenhead town hall’s future is to be reviewed by the council as a new ‘corporate building’ is to be considered.
Senior councillors are set to convene at next week’s cabinet meeting to approve plans to investigate the possibility of creating a new corporate building within the borough.
In the report, officers state the Maidenhead town hall, which was built in 1962, has become ‘more costly to maintain’ over the years.
The Royal Borough declared a climate emergency in 2019 and officers say the building cannot meet its climate target as its energy performance is deemed ‘only just acceptable’.
According to the report, to ‘modernise’ the town hall, it could cost an estimated £13.8 million to refurbish the building.
In 2002, plans to demolish and redevelop the town hall was blocked after public outcry from residents who were vehemently against it.
The town hall was used as a hospital in 1967 during the filming of Carry On Doctor starring Barbara Windsor, Sid James and Frankie Howard.