George Meehan House

George Meehan House (formerly known as Earlham Grove House, later Woodside House) is a municipal building in High Road, Wood Green, London. It is a locally listed building.[1]

George Meehan House
George Meehan House
LocationHigh Road, Wood Green
Coordinates51.6036°N 0.1107°W / 51.6036; -0.1107
Built1865
Architectural style(s)Italianate style
Shown in Haringey

History

The building, which was designed in the Italianate style, was built as a private residence known as Earlham Grove House and was completed in 1865.[2] The philanthropist Catherine Smithies, who founded the Band of Mercy animal welfare group which later merged with the RSPCA, lived in the house in the mid 19th-century.[2] Her son, Thomas Bywater Smithies, who was the publisher of The British Workman, also lived in the house at that time.[2]

The house was acquired by the local board of health for use as a public library in 1893 and it then became the offices of Wood Green Urban District Council in 1913.[2] It went on to become the headquarters of the Municipal Borough of Wood Green when the area secured municipal borough status in 1933.[3] The house remained the local town hall until the council moved to Wood Green Civic Centre in March 1958.[4] It subsequently remained in use as the local registry office under the name Woodside House, before being refurbished and renamed George Meehan House, in memory of a former councillor, in 2018.[2][5]

References
  1. "Local Heritage List" (PDF). London Borough of Haringey. p. 33. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  2. "The History of George Meehan House". London Borough of Haringey. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  3. "Wood Green". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  4. "London's Town Halls". Historic England. p. 97. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  5. "George Meehan House Refurbishment Complete". T&B Contractors. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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