Fowler Newsam Hall

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Fowler Newsam Hall
Refurbished Bell Tower at Fowler Newsam Hall.jpg
The refurbished Bell Tower at Fowler Newsam Hall
Fowler Newsam Hall
Former namesHermitage school for boys, girls, and infants
Hermitage school for boys, girls
Saint Ann's Junior Mixed School
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeVictorian School
Architectural styleVictorian
Address1a Avenue Road, London, N15
Coordinates 51°34′53″N0°05′06″W / 51.581327°N 0.085082°W / 51.581327; -0.085082
Renovated1978/9
Renovation cost£528,000
Renovating team
Renovating firmRackham Construction

Fowler Newsam Hall is a Grade II listed group of Victorian school buildings. Originally the Saint Ann's Junior Mixed School, they become dilapidated during the nineteen sixties. They were refurbished by Rackham Construction in 1978/9 and reopened on 1 July 1979. [1] The charity set up in 1966 to raise funds for this purpose was closed in 2013. [2]

Contents

Fowler Newsam, a wealthy business man who lived near the site, was the primary benefactor of both St Ann's Church opposite the hall on Avenue Road and the school itself. [3]

Architecture

"...a 19th brick building with three gables of varying width. A recessed entrance has a pointed arched doorway with a bell tower."

— Edith's Streets. [4]

History

The school opened in 1858 as the Hermitage school for boys, girls, and infants. [5] Following the establishment of a new boys' school and then an infants' school this building became a girls' school in 1871. [5]

Current use

The hall is today used for a variety of community purposes including a school of dance [6] and the Fowler Newsham Hall Counselling Project. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Rackham Construction". Archived from the original on 17 March 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Removed charity". apps.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Tottenham: Churches | British History Online". british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Edith's Streets: Stonebridge Brook - St.Ann's Road". edithsstreets.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  5. 1 2 "A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5: Hendon, Kingsbury, Great Stanmore, Little Stanmore, Edmonton Enfield, Monken Hadley, South Mimms, Tottenham". Tottenham: Education. British History Online. 1976. pp. 364–376. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Expired website | This website has expired". suepaddockdancing.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Fowler Newsam Hall Counselling Project > Welcome". Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
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