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Buildings and Areas of Interest
Around Tottenham
We have a gallery of photographs of notable Tottenham Buildings, from grand eighteenth century properties both under threat and restored with the help of English Heritage to the secular and domestic architecture of the late twentieth century -- and all points in between. It's all archived on our Flickr photosite, and added to whenever we can find the time (or remember to take our cameras with us when we go out). If you have a digital camera, like taking photographs of buildings, and think you could contribute to our documentation of Tottenham's architecture, please get in touch. Email us at: TCS at tottenhamcivicsociety dot org dot uk. The Society's Chair also has some pictures of local interest on his Flickr photosite. Featured building: Tower Gardens Estate, N17
A seasonal reminder of the snowy weather we were experiencing in January 2010. The photo is from February 2009 and shows two houses in the Tower Gardens Estate. Constructed between 1904 and 1928, the Tower Gardens Estate was one of the first municipal "cottage estates" in the world and is now a conservation area which often features in London Open House weekend. The estate consists of 954 houses arranged in 24 streets, each with its own architectural style. Their appearance was influenced by the Garden City Movement founded by Sir Ebenezer Howard, and are mostly two-up, two-down properties which remain inexpensive by London standards. The streets are named after historical personages who once owned the land, from Siward, Earl of Northumberland in the time of Edward the Confessor, through to Thomas Smith in 1792. For lots more photographs of Tottenham's buildings of interest, visit the Tottenham Civic Society's Flickr photosite. Web pages copyright 2009-2010 by Ann Robertson and Joseph Nicholas |
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