002: St Joseph’s Retreat St. Joseph’s Retreat is the Order of Passionists’ HQ in England. They built a chapel here in 1858, on the site of the Black Dog Inn; this building, by Albert Vicars, was consecrated in...
Read more on Wikipedia A short distance up Highgate Hill from Archway Station is the Whittington Stone, recalling one of England’s most cherished legends: the spot where Dick Whittington and his cat, about to return to Gloucestershire in disillusionment, heard the Bow...
Lavinia Quivers Hornsey Lane, an ancient road, formerly MaidenLane. Historic buildings at the Highgate end includethe 17th century No. 20. Read more on...
004: Lauderdale House Read more at the Lauderdale House site Lauderdale House, built c.1580, probably for merchant Sir Richard Martin, Mayor of London; remodelled in 1760. During the 1660s it was owned by the Earl of Lauderdale (the ‘L’ of CABAL); visitors included...
006: Cromwell House Read more on Wikipedia Cromwell House, built 1637-8 for Richard Sprignell, one of London’s finest 17th century houses, Grade I Listed, with elaborate interiors. In 1675 it was purchased by Jewish merchant Alvaro da Costa, the first property in...
008: Highgate Hill Read more at the Hornsey Historical Society site Cromwell House, built 1637-8 for Richard Sprignell, one of London’s finest 17th century houses, Grade I Listed, with elaborate interiors. In 1675 it was purchased by Jewish merchant Alvaro da Costa,...
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