The building was sold to the London County Council in 1959 to be demolished as part of plans for road improvement works that did not take place.

Riplingham built an extension of the courtyard ranges on the site of the Angel Inn around 1638, for which he was fined due to breaking building regulations.

By 1677, the Angel was owned by James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton, and occupied by Edward Fawcett, who ran the inn until his death in 1696.

Robert Bartholomew took over ownership of the inn in 1744 and was succeeded by his son, Christopher, around 1766, who continued to run it until the end of the century.

The Angel benefited from the extra traffic brought by the New Road, and in addition to accommodation provided a number of assembly rooms for public meetings.

The author and political activist Thomas Paine is believed to have begun writing Rights of Man at the Angel in 1790, and there is a monument on Islington High Street commemorating this.

[3] By the start of the 19th century, fields south of the Angel were being built on, resulting in all land towards the City of London becoming urban.

[3] Construction of a new building in pale terracotta stone with a corner cupola was started in 1899 by the architects Frederick James Eedle and Sydney Herbert Meyers.

The parish of Clerkenwell became the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury in 1900 and when the City and South London Railway opened a new tube station in the area in 1901 it was named Angel.

Plans to alter the intersection and create a layout similar to that at Old Street roundabout were abandoned and the building was saved from demolition.

[14] Local planning regulations stipulate that new development in the area must not be taller than the dome on Angel Corner House.

[21] Victor Watson, of British manufacturers John Waddington Ltd, and his secretary, Marjory Philips, decided to include the property on the board whilst taking tea at the cafe.

[21] In 1827, James Pollard painted The Royal Mail Coaches for the North Leaving the Angel, Islington, currently on display in the Tate Gallery.

[3] Neil Gaiman's fantasy television series Neverwhere has a character named Angel Islington, after the inn.

[25] "The Angel, Islington" is the opening track on singer/songwriter Frank Turner's album Positive Songs for Negative People.