Conservation Area No. 6 - Bruce Castle

• Conservation Area Map
• Designation and Character Appraisal
• Appraisal Documents and Maps

The Bruce Castle Conservation Area is one of the largest and most important Conservation Areas in Haringey. The centre is the historic Grade I Listed Bruce Castle, a grand three story mansion whose oldest surviving parts date back to the early 16th Century, but has been the site of a manor house since at least 1254. It now forms the Haringey Museum and Local History Archives and is open to the public (see the Bruce Castle Museum page).

Surrounding the Castle (but mostly to the North and East) is Bruce Castle Park. This preserves the former parkland of the mansion, but is now open to the public as one of Haringey's most popular public parks, containing sport and play facilities as well as the preserved 18th Century park landscaping. Plans, images and details of the park facilities can be found on the Bruce Castle Park page. The park enclosures on most sides are interesting and listed/locally listed, particularly the 17th Century original kitchen garden wall forming the Southern boundary along Lordship Lane.

Leading south from the Lordship Lane entrance to Bruce Castle is Bruce Grove, a grand avenue and now a major street. Many grand 18th century houses survive and are Listed, as are the Drapers Almshouses. There is also a retail frontage including distinctive former cinema and public toilets. The Conservation Area includes most of these buildings fronting Bruce Grove, including their original gardens, as well as continuing along the South side of Lordship Lane to include the striking and also Listed Magistrates Court.

Church Lane and Church Road run around the western and northern sides of Bruce Castle Park and also contain significant historic buildings and spaces, particularly the original Parish Church of Tottenham, All Hallows, which is Listed Grade II*. The churchyard (pictured below) contains many historic tombs and along with the Park, the adjacent Cemetery (a separate Conservation Area) the winding lane, short rows of cottages to the north and large gardens to many houses give this area an unexpectedly rural feel.

Conservation Area Map

The extent of the Bruce Castle Conservation Area is shown in the map. A higher resolution PDF of the map can be downloaded from the Appraisal Documents and Maps section at the bottom of this page. Please note this file may be large and take some time to download.

You can also view a map of the conservation area, along with other Planning Designations (including other Heritage Designations such as Statutorily Listed and Locally Listed Buildings) on the Interactive Haringey Map.

Designation and Character Appraisal

The Bruce Castle Conservation Area was first designated on 26 March 1976 and protected the majority of the area currently covered. It was extended on 13 July 1998 to include the shops and former cinema and public toilets on the east side of Bruce Grove.

On 26 February 2007 the Council approved and adopted a character appraisal for the Bruce Castle Conservation Area. A replacement character appraisal was approved and adopted on 9 March 2009. More details on the appraisal process, programme and purpose can be found on our Conservation Area Character Appraisals page.

The appraisal documents are available electronically in the table below.

Character Appraisal and Maps

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• Tottenham Civic Society