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Latitude: 51.5527 / 51°33'9"N
Longitude: -0.0967 / 0°5'48"W
OS Eastings: 532052
OS Northings: 185468
OS Grid: TQ320854
Mapcode National: GBR GJ.Y0G
Mapcode Global: VHGQT.87QK
Plus Code: 9C3XHW33+38
Entry Name: 56A, Highbury Grove
Listing Date: 27 July 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1298032
English Heritage Legacy ID: 368967
ID on this website: 101298032
Location: Highbury, Islington, London, N5
County: London
District: Islington
Electoral Ward/Division: Highbury East
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Islington
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: Christ Church Highbury Grove
Church of England Diocese: London
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ISLINGTON
TQ3285SW HIGHBURY GROVE
635-1/39/457 (East side)
27/07/88 No.56A
II
Balloon-making workshop, now a garage. Built c.1900 for the
Spencer brothers. Brick set in English bond, roof of
corrugated steel. One storey, open plan. Gabled east and west
ends; on the south side six windows (two blocked) and two
doors (both blocked), all with replacement lintels; east end
has central flat-arched entrance with gauged brick head and
two flanking flat-arched windows with gauged brick heads;
north side has six windows, three with cambered-arched heads,
three with replacement lintels, and two entrances now blocked;
the west end now partly rendered with several new openings and
a large works entry of late C20 date. Roof of semi-circular
form carried on eight iron sickle-girders; the crown of the
roof having a glazed lantern running most of the length of the
building.
INTERIOR: has glazed white and brown brick to dado, and
partitions to west end.
The Spencer brothers were pioneering aeronauts of the late C19
and were noted for their work in perfecting the design of the
parachute and balloon. In 1900 Stanley Spencer constructed one
of the first hydrogen-filled balloons, or airships. Of these
he is counted a pioneer, along with Count Von Zeppelin and the
Brazilian Santos-Dumont.
(J.M.Bacon: The Dominion of the Air: 1902-: PP.338-9).
Listing NGR: TQ3205285468
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