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Conservation
Alexandra Palace
What is happening at Alexandra Palace? What is our position?
Historic Ally Pally - birthplace of television - is in danger.
One of London's most significant buildings, Alexandra Park and Palace are a
Charitable Trust, managed by Haringey Council as Trustee. The Society has
played an active role over many years in campaigning for the protection of the
Park and Palace. Council is proposing to sell a 125 years lease of the Palace
to a private company, Firoka. There was been a 30-day period, ending at noon on
Friday 5 January 2007, during which the public was able to make
representations to the Charity Commission.
Here are our
November 2006
and
January 2007
letters to the Charity Commission.
There is now an Alexandra Palace campaign website at
www.saveallypally.com
Conserving Hornsey
Hornsey contains many historic buildings: its ancient church tower still
stands, now maintained by the Friends of Hornsey Church Tower.
Alexandra Palace
was listed Grade II as a result of a campaign and research by the Society's
conservationists, who have long pointed out its international importance as the
birthplace of television.
The New River,
Cromwell House
in Highgate,
Hornsey Town Hall
and
Bruce Castle
are important and historic structures or buildings, while the area's
Victorian and Edwardian terraced houses
are much admired by architectural historians.
Much about the area can be found in Pevsner's Guide, edited by the Society's
Vice-President, Bridget
Cherry ( Buildings Of England, London 4: North
by Nikolaus Pevsner, Publisher: Penguin UK (November 1999), hardcover: 832
pages. We ourselves also publish many acclaimed books and pamphlets about
buildings and sites in an around Hornsey.
Haringey Council's resources for planning and conservation are not large, and
our intervention has been crucial in drawing to local and national planner's
attention the importance of certain sites.
We are represented on the various Conservation Area Advisory Committees which
are consulted about development in their area.
Our main means of protecting the historic built heritage of Hornsey is by
informing decision-making, and by accurate research.
Hornsey Town Hall
HHS is supporting Hornsey Town Hall being transferred to an independent trust