John Farrer – The Man Who Changed Hornsey

John Farrer - The Man Who Changed Hornsey

By Janet Owen

The story of a man from rural Cumbria, who trained as an architect and surveyor, and played a vital part in creating a large part of the built environment of Hornsey. The author tells the story of John Farrer utilizing much archival material to illustrate his personal and professional life in this well illustrated book.

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John Farrer: The Man who Changed Hornsey

The Three Compasses, October 2020

As the Old Schoolhouse has been closed, we’ve been running an occasional series sharing extracts from HHS publications.  John Farrer: The Man who Changed Hornsey by Janet Owen was published …

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Lost Houses: Brick Place

Sir Hugh Cholmeley's Tomb

This month we are starting a 2021 series of articles on Lost Houses of the Hornsey area. We begin with Brick Place, the oldest known substantial house we know of, …

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