Winchmore Hill
Carpenters Gardens
Highfield Pumping Station New
River Co. three pumping engines. 1885
well, 371 ft. This pumping station was closed in 1962, but the pump has continued
raising water for the New River intermittently since; it could well be retained
after the diversion of the New River at Maidens Brook to supply water to the
channel as an amenity and in times of drought.
On the wall facing the main entrance can be seen a hinged metal plate,
now rusting. A workshop was housed at
this corner of the building and this allowed long lengths of metal to be
machined. Around the comer to the right a tube is built into the wall so that
long pipes may be offered up to the power tools inside
Green Lanes,
Drove road into London. a
few c19 cottages among the between-the-wars suburbia of
Grange Park.
286 1924-5, in a more sober Neo-Georgian, is also by Sykes
288 National Westminster. The best bank on a corner site. A triumphant
essay in rusticated brick, with purple and red brick dressings, and dramatically
composed chimneys, 1913 by Arthur Sykes. Sykes specialized in shops and
commercial premises
397 Grouts'
drapers' shop was a
well-known establishment and had an enthusiastic clientele of senior citizens,
some of whom travelled long distances. It has an overhead wire system to send
cash from the counter assistants to the cash desk.
430-434 Whole Hog
687 Fire Station. 1915 Given character by shaped
gables and a ground-floor bow
889 Green Dragon
749 Half Moon
397 Grouts'. traditional drapers' shop. With
rapid wire cash railway "The Gipe'. a General and Fancy Drapers, currently
selling ladies underwear, haberdashery, sheets and tea towels was founded in 1914 and
the shop retains many of the original fixtures and fittings. It is still run as
a family business and is famous for its large stock and excellent traditional
service. It has gas lights but as with the rapid wire cash system these are not
in day to day use, electric light has been introduced along with electronic
tills.
St John the
Evangelist, 1903-9. by
John Oldrid Scott. A rich, colourful exterior with a big crossing tower and two
round turrets. Plenty of flint rubble and flint panelling. Stained
Glass of 1924 by J.H. Dearie of Morris & Co.: Christ in Glory above eastern
and western cities. commemorates the church's chief benefactors, V. E. Walker
and A.M. Baird. Much other late Morris & Co. glass. Patmos window 1918, by
Frank Salisbury, dark and dramatic. Also by Salisbury the War Memorial carved
by John Angel, 1920.
Vicarage, 1909, by J. S. Alder, with porch
and details echoing Philip Webb.
St John's Hall is by Alder, 1908, of
materials matching the church
Hedge lane
Prior to 1952, there was situated at 85a Hedge Lane,
Palmers Green, a large (rather noisy) engineering factory and foundry that
specialised in making enamelled metal signs. With the introduction of more
modern materials and technical skills there became less and less demand for
these signs, and the factory closed down. On the site adjacent to the factory
there was a sports club for their staff. This sports club - a bowling green,
two hard tennis courts and a clubhouse - was sold to the local council who then
put the lease out to tender
Councillor Will Warren, who was president of The
Broomfield Football Club at that time, was also a member of the council and one
time Mayor of the Borough. He is thought to have been instrumental in obtaining
the lease Tor Broomfield. The men of the Football Club had no clubhouse of
their own, so they added the sports of Bowls and Tennis to their activities and
became The Broomfield Club.
The factory site was cleared and we now have as our
neighbours the flats at Mintern Close.
Over the years there have
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