County Hall in London was designed by Ralph Knott, with Holland, Hannen & Cubitts as main builders and Higgs and Hill building the North and South blocks. The article does not name a client, but the site was compulsorily purchased under the County Office Site (London) Act 1906, and it became the London County Council's headquarters. The infobox gives 1911 to 1939. The text says construction began in 1911, the building opened in 1922, the North and South blocks were added in 1936 to 1939 and the Island Block was not completed until 1974.
The article calls the style Edwardian Baroque, with a Portland stone facade and a six-story main block.
The Greater London Council was abolished in 1986, and the Inner London Education Authority used the building until 1990. The Island Block was demolished in 2006 for a hotel. The article gives no hours.
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