[6] The building served as sleeping accommodation for female telephone operators working for the local Air Raid Precautions Staff during the Second World War.

[7] A high-profile public inquiry took place in the town hall in October 1954: developers had proposed to erect three blocks of flats to be named "Perkins Heights" on part of Paddington Green.

[9] The building continued to serve as the headquarters of the metropolitan borough for much of the 20th century but ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged City of Westminster was formed in 1965.

[5][11] The original teak war memorial panels were destroyed when the building was demolished, as no home could be found for them, but a three-volume book of remembrance was relocated to St James's Church, Paddington.

[6] A green plaque was erected on the Paddington Exchange Building at the corner of Harrow Road and Hermitage Street, in 2015, to commemorate the site of the former town hall under the Westway.