Editing Crouch End (section)

==Notable buildings==
===Hornsey Town Hall===
[[File:Crouch end town hall ed.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Hornsey Town Hall is in the centre of Crouch End]]
Among its more prominent buildings is the modernistic [[Hornsey Town Hall]], built by the [[Municipal Borough of Hornsey]] as their seat of government in 1933&ndash;35.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://hornseyhistorical.org.uk/civic-pride-hornsey/|title=Civic Pride in Hornsey|last=Cherry|first=Bridget|publisher=Hornsey Historical Society|year=2006|location=London}}</ref> It is now a [[Listed buildings in England|Grade II* listed building, one of about 21,767]]. The architect was the New Zealand-born [[Reginald Uren]]. The interior and exterior have been used several times as a location by the [[BBC]] series [[The Hour (2011 TV series)|''The Hour'']], written by [[Abi Morgan]], and other TV and films, including a scene in [[The Crown (TV series)|''The Crown'']].<ref>{{cite web|title=Haringey on Film - document from Haringey Council|url=http://www.haringey.gov.uk/haringey_on_film_-_full_list.doc|access-date=17 February 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231060157/http://www.haringey.gov.uk/haringey_on_film_-_full_list.doc|archive-date=31 December 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> 

Queen and the Kinks have both played at the Hornsey Town Hall when it was a major London venue for bands. The HTH was used as a set in the Queen film Bohemian Rhapsody.

The building is currently undergoing renovation and conversion into a hotel, apartments, restaurant and a contemporary arts centre by the [[Far East Consortium]]. Completion is expected to be by Summer 2024.

===Clocktower===
The red-brick Clock Tower has become a much-loved icon of Crouch End. Designed by the architect Frederick Knight, it was originally built as a memorial to Henry Reader Williams<ref>Henry Williams was a local wine merchant and local councillor who led the campaign to preserve [[Highgate Wood]] against threatened development.{{Citation needed|date=November 2007}}</ref> in 1895.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://hornseyhistorical.org.uk/crouch-end-clock-tower/|title=Crouch End Clock Tower|last=Schwitzer|first=Joan|publisher=Hornsey Historical Society|year=2002}}</ref> Williams was chairman of the local authority of Hornsey from 1880 to 1894, and played a key part in shaping the district, in particular campaigning against developers for the preservation of [[Highgate Wood]] and Queen's Wood. He also paved the way for the purchase of [[Alexandra Palace]] and Park by a consortium of local authorities in 1901. After Williams's retirement the newly designated Hornsey Urban District Council decided to erect a clock tower to celebrate his achievements.

Out of the estimated cost of £1200, £900 was raised by public subscription. On 23 June 1895 a ceremony was held for its unveiling. The Broadway was hung with flags, and the Tower connected to nearby houses with festoons. Over a thousand people assembled, and at noon the Earl of Stafford, Lord-Lieutenant of Middlesex, released a blue ribbon hanging from the belfry and the clock struck its first notes. The bronze sculpture of the head of Williams was created by [[Alfred Gilbert]], who also designed Eros in Piccadilly Circus.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hornseyhistorical.org.uk/crouch-end-clock-tower-2/ |title=A Brief History of the Crouch End Clock Tower |date=10 October 2017 |publisher=Hornsey Historical Society |access-date=7 October 2020}}</ref>

Although closed to the public, it is now used at Christmas for a Santa's Grotto.

===Crouch End Hippodrome===
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The [[Crouch End Hippodrome]] originally opened on Tottenham Lane in July 1897 as the Queen's Opera House with a production of ''The Geisha''. The theatre was leased initially by H. H. Morell and Frederick Mouillot (who at the time owned another 17 theatres between them). It held an audience of 1,500 people. In 1907, it was renamed the Hippodrome and became a popular music hall. During a bombing raid in 1940 it was very badly damaged. It is now a [[Virgin Active]] gym.

===Hornsey College of Art===
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In 1880 an art school was established by Charles Swinstead, an artist and teacher who lived at Crouch End. It became "an iconic British art institution, renowned for its experimental and progressive approach to art and design education". In May 1968, as [[Hornsey College of Art]], it was occupied by students as a protest against the ideology of art education and teaching in Britain.<ref>[http://www.1968andallthat.net/node/82 What happened at Hornsey in May 1968 — Nick Wright] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006071952/http://www.1968andallthat.net/node/82 |date=2011-10-06 }}.</ref> The occupation, soon joined by others around the country, and linked with similar events in Paris, offered a major critique of the education system at the time.<ref name="penguin">{{cite book|author=Students and staff of Hornsey College of Art |title=The Hornsey Affair |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] Education |year=1969 |isbn=9780140800968}}</ref>

After the authorities regained control, known as the "night of the dogs", sympathetic lecturers and students who had taken part (including [[Tom Nairn]] and [[Kim Howells]]) were dismissed. Later the college was merged with Middlesex Polytechnic, now University, in the 1970s. Subsequently, it was relocated to a Middlesex campus at Alexandra Palace and the lease of the building taken over by the [[Trades Union Congress|TUC]], which used it as its national training centre. In 2005 Haringey Council took it over, extending and converting the building in order to enlarge Coleridge Primary School.

===The Queen's pub===
One of the early Edwardian pubs-with-hotel, the Queen's was built in 1899–1902 by developer [[John Cathles Hill]]. The pub's Art Nouveau decor windows survive. Its larger sister pub, the [[The Salisbury|Salisbury Hotel]] (now The Salisbury) in [[Harringay]] has some similar architectural details.

===Dunns Bakery===

Purpose built in 1850 to be a bakery, Dunns Bakery at 6 The Broadway is most likely the oldest retail building within Crouch End. At the top of the front facade one can see a gilded wheat sheaf which bears the initials of the builder, 'WM'
Originally the gates located to the right of the store led to a yard area where the stables were located to house the horses used for deliveries. The stables had been damaged in the Blitz during a night time raid, and have since been rebuilt, expanding the bakery area.

The bakery continues to produce on site to this day, and is run by a sixth generation baker.