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College Terrace, LONDON, N3 1DT

Narrow road connecting Hendon Lane and Regents Park Road on the East side of Christ's college, opposite St.Mary-at-Finchley church.

Situated on the junction of Hendon Lane and Regents Park Road, foreground and left, the hall was built in 1911.

This is the A504 Hendon Lane frontage of King Edward Hall. The tower at the end is shown in Martin's Image Prior to the construction of the building this was the site of Clement's Nursery. King Edward Hall was originally built as a private banqueting hall and completed in 1912 to the designs of Turner and Higgins of Finchley. It was used as a temporary hospital during the First World War. It is a Grade II Listed Building and the English Heritage Listed Buildings website describes the exterior thus:- "Hall and shops. Built in 1911-12 with some later C20 alterations to shopfronts and interior. Built of brick with stone dressings and tiled roofs. Symmetrical corner building with hall to upper floors and shopping parade at ground floor level and corner clock tower. Three storeys and attics: 11 windows to Regent's Park Road elevation, 13 to Hendon Lane elevation (this one). Casement windows with leaded lights with some mullioned and transomed windows. Corner has four storey circular tower with clock face and copper dome with flagstaff. Both sides have a central section of tall stone parapet ramped up with lettering "KING EDWARD HALL" above three tall splayed bay windows rising through first and second floors, linked by elaborate cast iron balustrading. Ground floors have two elaborate doorcases to ground floors on each elevation, those nearest to corner with flat hood on brackets and those furthest away from corner having doorcases with eared architraves, keystones and swag decoration. Ground floor shopfronts have original fascias, pilasters and brackets and some shopfronts are original."

Located on the A504 Hendon Lane, opposite King Edward Hall Image, at its junction with Victoria Avenue, the name of the dairy is picked out on the top of the tower. Today the building is used for shops with flats above.

Situated at 317 Regent's Park Road. Photograph is for record only - other than as a paying customer, I have no connection with the business. Information on the pub may be found: http://www.faucetinn.com/catcher-in-the-rye/

London Fire Brigade DPL1134 (RL03LWA) makes its way along Hendon Lane on a sunny lunchtime in Finchley with the rather nice shopping parade as a backdrop. I think this is one of Hendon's appliances returning to its home station - possibly after visiting Finchley Fire Station.