Queenswood Park, N3
Finchley Central
Queenswood Park is part of Finchley Garden Village.

The Finchley Co-Partnership Society was formed in 1908. Its aim was to initiate a development in Finchley which would "meet the increased demand of the less wealthy of the middle classes who wish for small houses with more open and artistic surroundings than are afforded by the present day stereotyped suburban development".

The site chosen was part of the Grass Park Estate, situated off Hendon Avenue and bounded by Holders Hill Road, then owned by Mr J.C. Williamson. It lay in a sheltered valley to the east of the Dollis Brook on the border with Hendon. An area of about nine acres was secured, of which two and a half acres were to be devoted to common land, and a further two acres to a village green, while a private road would run through the site between Hendon Avenue and Cyprus Avenue. The houses were to be arranged round the green and would range in price from £350 to £650.

The Society’s scheme involved the collective ownership of the land by the residents, which was achieved by means of an issue of £5 shares, with the houses being subsequently sold on 99 year leases.

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