Talk: Hornsey’s Social Housing, 1947-64 - Sunday 5 October 2014

Arkady · September 2014

Hornsey’s Social Housing, 1947-64<o:p></o:p> Post-War Council Housing 1947-1964: The Stroud Green Estate and the Campsbourne Clearance.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> An Illustrated talk by John Hinshelwood <o:p> </o:p> Sunday 5 October 2014<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> 3.00pm, The Groves Room, Holy Trinity Church, <o:p></o:p> Granville Road, Stroud Green, N4 4EL<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> In conjunction with Stroud Green Conservation Area Advisory Committee<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Council Housing provided by the Borough of Hornsey had a long and distinguished history. Although the residents regularly returned a Conservative Member of Parliament the local council was made up of Labour, Liberals and other members, who together brought in local policies and arrangements in Housing that would today be regarded as progressive. <o:p> </o:p> By the time the London Borough of Haringey absorbed it, in 1964, the Borough of Hornsey had become a major provider of social housing which accommodated 9.4% of the population. The Council not only built and maintained housing it also provided low interest rate mortgages to assist people, and in particular the Hornsey Housing Trust, to purchase privately built houses and flats. <o:p> </o:p> This talk will describe the flats and houses, many of them architectural models of distinction, that were to make up the developments and in particular the two major estates at Stroud Green and Hornsey Village.

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Talk: Hornsey’s Social Housing, 1947-64 - Sunday 5 October 2014