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Permalink Reply by GB Kaz on May 24, 2013 at 12:47

This was the first place I went to get benefits (UB40) when I had just left school .. it's sad to see it like this, it was a nice little place.. surely they could have done something with it.

 

So glad I've never had to go to a benefits office since though.

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Permalink Reply by Scott Mackie on May 27, 2013 at 18:18

I walked past it today, would never have notice it without Pauls brilliant article. What a waste. BTW does anyone know anything about the empty building on the corner of Oakthorpe Road / Green Lanes opposite Palmers Green library. 

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Permalink Reply by Richard McKeever on May 27, 2013 at 21:51

Hi Scott -

The old house opposite Palmers Green Library is called Truro House It's one of the few remaining Victorian Buildings in Palmers Green.  Our friends up at the Palmers Green Jewell in the North blog recently wrote about it's history You can read the full article here

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Permalink Reply by Scott Mackie on May 28, 2013 at 8:33

Thank you, just reading it now.

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Permalink Reply by Lindsey Berthoud on May 28, 2013 at 8:47

Thanks for the link Richard - I"m fascinated by Truro House too. Would love to see it restored and turned over to public use as Sue suggests but it doesn't seem likely while it's privately owned. Bit like the Mushroom House. 

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Permalink Reply by GB Kaz on May 28, 2013 at 10:02

You can imagine how many developers would love to turn that site into some dreadful property development.  I really hope it doesn't happen to the site.

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Permalink Reply by Stephen Middleton on November 6, 2017 at 6:13

It has been refurbished. Picture from the New River (Nov 2017)

Follow this link for the property companies info.

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Permalink Reply by Donald Smith on November 9, 2017 at 13:24

There appears to be conflation in the original story between the benefits office and the separate but adjoining brick built bus shelter and ladies/gents toilets

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Permalink Reply by Colin Marr on November 9, 2017 at 18:09

I have only just picked up on this thread. I didn’t recognise the term “Clockhouse Junction” – that junction used to be known as “The Cock – Palmers Green”.  The now derelict building you describe is familiar to me. I used to go there with my mother in the 1940s to collect ration coupons for food and clothing. The Cock was the big pub on the opposite side of the road, behind which was a blacksmith’s forge (Cock Forge) and the bus garage.  

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