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Birkbeck Road is the last of the roads running south off Hornsey High Street before Middle Lane. It was built on the site of Grove House. A loop of the New Riv…

Birkbeck Road (site of Grove House), Hornsey c1905 Added by Hugh on February 25, 2021 at 12:47 Birkbeck Road is the last of the roads running south off Hornsey High Street before Middle Lane. It was built on the site of Grove House. A loop of the New River used to cross the Grove House land where the road is now, before flowing on to run through the tea gardens of the Three Compasses. The sale advertisement below from 1816 gives us some idea of what the estate was like when the house was still ...