This is the earlier Town Hall building, built in 1906 by R Frank Atkinson, FRIBA, in a style reminiscent of Sir Christopher Wren's public buildings. There is a later Town Hall extension on the adjacent Widmore Street, completed in 1939 by C Cowles Voysey. The image appears to have been manipulated after the negative's creation, resulting in the sky being 'faded' towards the edges of the frame. The Bedford Lemere daybook records that the photograph was commissioned by R Frank Atkinson, the architect of the building.
This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Photographer: Lemere, Henry Bedford: Bedford Lemere And Company
Architect: Atkinson, Robert Frank
Client: Atkinson, Robert Frank
Wrenaissance, Edwardian Town Hall