HORNSEY COLLEGE OF ART
Hornsey School of Art was established in 1880 by Charles Swinstead (25 July 1815-22 March 1890), an artist and teacher who lived at Crouch End, Hornsey. With business in mind, Charles had already founded and run an art school in Hackney then known as the North London School of Art. Successful in his first venture Charles commissioned the building of Hornsey and on his death in 1890 it passed to his son Frank Hillyard Swinstead. Today the College is located on the Cat Hill site that is now part of Middlesex University. From 1955 until 1973, when it merged into Middlesex Polytechnic, it was called Hornsey College of Arts and Crafts. Through various name changes the then Hornsey College of Art joined Enfield Technical College and Hendon Technical College to become Middlesex Polytechnic in 1973. The following year it was elevated to Polytechnic status and soon after became a university. Teaching at Crouch End ceased around 1982.
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