CENTRAL ISLINGTON: AN ARCHITECTURAL WALK The aim of the walk is to learn about the various styles of architecture that have been employed in the development of the streets of central Islington Beginning at The Angel, the walks takes us along Islington High Street and Upper Street as far as Cross Street. Cross Street takes us to Essex Road, at which point we turn left as far as New North Road, returning along Essex Road, finishing at Islington Green The walk is not intended to be comprehensive in nature, although it does include a number of significant buildings protected by statutory listing

Angel Building 407 St John Street Year: 2010 Architect: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris Style: Commercial Modernism Co-operative Bank (former Angel Hotel) 1 Islington High Street Year: 1903 Architect: Eedle & Myers Grade II listed From 1921 to 1960 a Lyons Corner House

Starbucks Coffee Shop (former Angel Picture Theatre) 7 Islington High Street Year: 1913 Architect: H. Courtney Constantine Features a Baroque campanile-style tower, all that remains of the original building Grade II listed Angel Square Year: 1987-1991 Architect: Rock Townsend Style: Postmodern

HSBC Bank (former “White Lion”) 23-24 Islington High Street Rebuilt: 1897-1898 Style: Late Victorian Flemish Features two relief panels on the White Lion Street elevation “The York” public house 82 Islington High Street Year: 1872 Grade II listed

Terraced houses 84-94 Islington High Street Late 18th century Style: Georgian Of particular interest: the door surrounds and decorative fanlights O2 shop (former Halifax Building Society) 1 Upper Street c. 1850s Style: Italianate

Sofa.com (former Electric Tramway Transformer Station) at The Mall 359 Upper Street Year: 1905-1906 Architect: Vincent Harris of the LCC Architects Dept Grade II listed Details said to be inspired by Newgate Prison which had been recently demolished Phelps Cottage 357 Upper Street Year: 1838 Brick stuccoed Grade II listed

Colinsdale Estate Camden Walk Year: 1985-1989 Architect: Islington Borough Architects Department “The Camden Head” public house 2 Camden Walk Year: 1899 Grade II listed

Waterstones Bookshop (former Collins Music Hall) 11 Islington Green Rebuilt: 1897 Architect: Ernest Woodrow “Fox on the Green” public house 1 Islington Green Year: c.1900 Style: Italianate Grade II listed

Aztec Row 1-6 Berners Street Year: 1988 Architect: Maxwell Hutchinson Style: Postmodern Business Design Centre 52 Upper Street Year: 1985 Architect: Renton Howard Wood Levin Redevelopment of the former Agricultural Hall of 1861. The original building is best viewed from Liverpool Road

Café Nero (former Electric Theatre) 75 Upper Street Year: 1908 Architecf: Melville S. Ward Grade II listed The entrance wing is said to be the earliest surviving portion of a cinema in London The Screen on the Green cinema (former Empress Picture Theatre) 83 Upper Street Year: 1913 Architect: Boreham & Gladding Modernised in 1981, but retains the original barrel-vaulted ceiling

Former London Salvage Corps offices 90-92 Upper Street Architect: William Wimble Grade II listed Former Congregational Chapel 311 Upper Street/Gaskin Street Year: 1889 Architects: Bonella and Henry John Paull Style: Queen Anne

“King’s Head” public house 115 Upper Street Year: c. 1864 Style: Italianate Grade II listed Former Northern District Post Office 116 Upper Street Year: 1906 Architect: Jasper Wager Style: Edwardian Grade II listed Currently not visible!

Church of St Mary Upper Street Year: 1754 Architect: Launcelot Dowbiggin Portico added 1903; all but the tower and portico rebuilt after bomb damage, 1955-6, to the designs of Seeley and Paget Grade II listed Almeida Theatre Almeida Street Year: c. 1837 Architects: Roumieu & Gough Style: Neo-Classical Grade II listed

140-143 Upper Street Year: 1891 Architect: Herbert Huntly-Gordon Style: Late Victorian Flemish in terra-cotta 53-59 Cross Street Year: c. 1768 Built by Benjamin Williams, carpenter Style: Georgian Grade II listed

Resurrections Manifestations Church (former Carlton Cinema) 161-169 Essex Road Year: 1930 Architect: George Coles Style Egyptian Art Deco Grade II* listed Former fire station (?) 32 Cross Street Year: 1897

South Library 115-117 Essex Road Year: 1916 Architect: Mervyn Macartney Grade II listed Suncourt House 18-36 Essex Road A former bicycle factory built in the 1930s in the modern style