Pentonville Road
Numerous factories and commercial premises became established on the road in the 19th and 20th centuries, particularly after the arrival of London railways in the 1840s.
As industrial manufacturing fell out of favour in London in the late 20th century, many properties are now residential or student accommodation.
Current premises include the Crafts Council Gallery on the site of a former chapel, the Scala nightclub in a former cinema, and The Castle, a public house.
[4][6] At the time, the route now covered by Pentonville Road was mostly fields, with Battle Bridge occupying the space where King's Cross now is.
[7] It included a tavern known as Busby's Folly, a meeting place of a drinking group known as the Society of Bull Feathers.
[8] The road was designed as part of Pentonville, a new suburb away from the city and became a local hub for manufacturing in the area.
[4] As it was always intended to be a main road, a coach service began in 1798 between Paddington and Bank but was quickly withdrawn.
Until 1882, the upkeep of the road was paid by the local parish, paying a ground rent to Penton's estate for the disused toll house at No. 274.
[4] The street is distinguished by the "set back" housing lines originally intended to provide an atmosphere of spaciousness along the thoroughfare.
[10] The original 1756 act to create the New Road prohibited the construction of any building within 50 feet (15 m) of its side.
[10] The original bylaw restricting property on the front of the road was ignored and shops were built on top of gardens.
[13] Alexander Cumming, former clockmaker and organ builder to Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, built a house at No.
It was named after Claremont House, home of the then-recently deceased Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales.
The chapel was built by Thomas Wilson, who acquired the 2-acre site in 1818 for £700, spending an additional £6,000 on building works.
[16] The site avoided being compulsory purchased and demolished (in order to provide improvements to King's Cross station's eastern entrance) and is now Grade II listed.
It was damaged by bombs during World War II, and while it remained open during wartime, it eventually had to be shut between 1949 and 1952 for renovations and repair.
In 2015, the perpetrators of the Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary met at the pub to discuss the crime shortly after it occurred, but were secretly filmed there by the Flying Squad.
The current owners, Geronimo Inns, wish to distance themselves from the burglary and forbid staff to discuss it with customers.
It is one of the light blue squares alongside The Angel, Islington and Euston Road, both of which it connects to.
