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The Gatehouse, Highgate

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The Gatehouse (49445195628)
The Gatehouse (49445195628)

The Gatehouse is a public house in Highgate, London, located at a road junction where Highgate High Street, West Hill, North Hill and Hampstead Lane converge close to Pond Square. It stands on the site of the oldest recorded structure in Highgate Village. A toll road was constructed in the early fourteenth century and an arched gateway was constructed under which all passing had to pay. This gave its name to the area. It was one of five taverns recorded in Highgate in 1552 It became associated with the tradition of Swearing on the Horns for travellers passing through when it was one of the principal approach roads leading to London. However, business suffered with the construction of Archway Road by Thomas Telford and John Nash's Archway Bridge across it in 1813 which meant that much of the traffic now bypassed Highgate. It was subsequently rebuilt in mock Tudor style. From 1993 to 2015 it was part of the Wetherspoons chain. It features a theatre above the pub known as Upstairs at the Gatehouse.

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The Gatehouse, Highgate
North Road, London

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North Road 1
N6 4BD London (London Borough of Haringey)
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Highpoint I
Highpoint I

Highpoint I was the first of two apartment blocks erected in the 1930s on one of the highest points in London, England, in Highgate. The architectural design was by the Georgian-British architect Berthold Lubetkin, the structural design by the Anglo-Danish engineer Ove Arup and the construction by Kier.Highpoint I was built in 1935 for the entrepreneur Sigmund Gestetner, but was never used for its intended purpose of housing Gestetner company staff. One of the best examples of early International style architecture in London, this block of 64 flats was very innovative in its day. When the building was completed, it became widely renowned as the finest example of this form of construction for residential purposes. When Corbusier himself visited Highpoint in 1935 he said, "This beautiful building .... at Highgate is an achievement of the first rank." And the American critic Henry Russell Hitchcock called it, "One of the finest, if not absolutely the finest, middle-class housing projects in the world." In 1970 this reputation gained official recognition when both Highpoint blocks were classified Grade I within the historic buildings listing programme.The second Lubetkin building in the same style, Highpoint II, was completed on an adjoining site in 1938. This is also a Grade I Listed Building.The gardens at Highpoint contain a swimming pool and two tennis courts. Architectural historian Dan Cruickshank selected Highpoint as one of his eight choices for the 2002 BBC book The Story of Britain's Best Buildings.