[2] After civic leaders found that the council offices were inadequate for their needs, they elected to construct a purpose-built facility: the site selected on the Ridgeway had previously been open land.

[4][5][6] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing onto the Ridgeway; the central section of three bays featured a portico flanked by Doric order columns on the ground floor; there was a balcony and a round headed window with stone surround on the first floor and the borough coat of arms and a pediment above; a clock and flagpole were erected at roof level.

[5][9] The town hall ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged London Borough of Waltham Forest was formed in 1965.

[10] The Chingford Municipal Offices were subsequently used as additional workspace by the council until 2007[11] but, after being found surplus to requirements, the whole site was sold to a developer, Fairview New Homes, in 2011.

[12] The Chingford Municipal Offices were subsequently demolished and site redeveloped for residential use: the town hall itself was converted into five apartments after planning consent was given in January 2013.