Station Road is a road in
New Barnet
New Barnet is a neighbourhood on the north east side of the London Borough of Barnet. It is a largely residential North London suburb located east of Chipping Barnet, west of Cockfosters, south of the village of Monken Hadley and north of Oaklei ...
, northern Greater London, that runs from Station Approach and
East Barnet Road in the east to the
Great North Road and
Barnet Hill in the west. It is joined on its northern side by Warwick Road and Plantagenet Road. On the south side it is joined by Gloucester Road, Mowbray Road, and Lyonsdown Road.
History
The road was originally named New Barnet Road with only the very easternmost end near
New Barnet railway station
New Barnet railway station is in the London Borough of Barnet in north London, England. It is down the line from , in Travelcard Zone 5. The station is managed and served by Great Northern. Oyster card pay-as-you-go can now be used to and fr ...
known as Station Road. By the late nineteenth century, however, the entire road was known as Station Road.
Three large
non-conformist churches were built in Station Road between 1872 and 1880, Baptist, Congregationalist, and Methodist, all of which were demolished between 1963 and 1982.
The road is a mix of semi-detached and detached houses in the west, small apartment blocks, and large office buildings in the east near the station that are characteristic, according to Pevsner and Cherry, of the fashion in the 1960s for out-of-town offices near transport hubs.
[ Most of those blocks have been converted to flats in whole or part since 2000, including Basil Court, Endeavour House, Kingmaker House, Groupama House, Comer House, and Castle House.][
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Notable buildings
* Baptist Church, New Barnet (1872-1982)
*New Barnet Congregational Church
New Barnet Congregational Church is a church that once stood on the corner of Station Road and Plantagenet Road in New Barnet, London.Taylor, Pamela, & Joanna Corden (1994) ''Barnet, Edgware, Hadley and Totteridge: A Pictorial History''. Chicheste ...
(1880-c.1967)
* New Barnet Methodist Chapel (1880-1963)
* East Barnet Town Hall (built 1891–92) Built in an Italianate style to a design by Frederick William Shenton following an open competition. Now flats.Newbury Abbot Trent
Newbury Abbot Trent (14 October 1885 – 2 August 1953) was an English sculptor and medallist. Trent studied at the Royal College of Art and Royal Academy Schools, where he became an associate. His works include reliefs, statues and other forms ...
(1921), is located on a triangular site at the eastern end of the road.Barnet Fire Station
Barnet Fire Station is located in Station Road, New Barnet
New Barnet is a neighbourhood on the north east side of the London Borough of Barnet. It is a largely residential North London suburb located east of Chipping Barnet, west of Cockfos ...
(1993)[Heathfield, John, & Percy Reboul. (1999) ''Barnet: The Twentieth Century''. Stroud: Sutton. p. 93. ]
* Comer House (c.2000), upper floors converted from offices to flats.[''Save New Barnet Newsletter'']
9 February 2014, p. 2.
References
External links
Streets in the London Borough of Barnet
New Barnet
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