Bruce Castle (formerly the Lordship House) is a Grade I listed 16th-century manor house in Lordship Lane, Tottenham, London. It is named after the House of Bruce who formerly owned the land on which it is built. The house was home to Sir Rowland Hill,
among others. After serving as a school during the 19th century, when a
large extension was built to the west, it was converted into a museum.
Hill and his brothers had taken over the management of their father's school in Birmingham in 1819, which opened a branch at Bruce Castle in 1827, with Rowland Hill as Headmaster. The school was run along radical lines inspired by Hill's friends Thomas Paine, Richard Price and Joseph Priestley;
all teaching was on the principle that the role of the teacher is to
instill the desire to learn, not to impart facts, corporal punishment
was abolished and alleged transgressions were tried by a court of
pupils, while the school taught a radical (for the time) curriculum
including foreign languages, science and engineering. In 1839 Rowland Hill, who had written an influential proposal on postal reform, was appointed as head of the General Post Office (where he introduced the world's first postage stamps), leaving the school in the hands of his younger brother Arthur Hill. Arthur retired in 1868, leaving the school in the hands of his son Birkbeck Hill.
Bruce Castle is now a museum, holding the archives of the London Borough of Haringey,
and housing a permanent exhibition on the past, present and future of
Haringey. Other exhibits include an exhibition on Rowland Hill and postal history, a significant collection of early photography, a collection of historic manorial documents and court rolls related to the area. In 1949, the building was Grade I listed the round tower was separately Grade I listed at the same time, and the 17th-century southern and western boundary walls of the park were Grade II listed in 1974. Getting there: Junction of Church Lane & Lordship Lane, N17 8NU / Opening Hours: 1-5pm Wednesday to Sunday only / Nearest Tube Station: Seven Sisters/Wood Green.
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