Bruce Castle is the Grade 1 listed former Manor House of Tottenham, and is one of the two largest and most important Tudor houses remaining in the greater London area. Over the past five centuries, the manor house has had many noted occupants, including Sir William Compton, Henry VIII's closet courtier and Groom of the Stool, who built the 'mysterious' castellated Tudor Tower in 1514. The Hare dynasty lived here for almost 200 years and Henry Hare, 2nd Lord Coleraine, renamed the manor house 'Bruce Castle’ in the 1680s, after tracing the landownership of the manor back to the medieval De Brus family. Sir Rowland Hill, creator of the Penny Post, also lived here. The Hill family ran the radical Bruce Castle School from 1827.

Philanthropist Joshua Pedley bought the Bruce Castle estate in 1891. His vision was to establish a museum and park at Bruce Castle and he encouraged the Tottenham Local Board to purchase it for future generations to enjoy and explore. Pedley's vision continues to this day, with Bruce Castle Museum & Archive being Haringey Council's official archive and museum repository, holding and sharing over 500 years of the borough's history.

The archive and museum holds material created by the council, and the predecessor parishes and authorities of Hornsey, Tottenham and Wood Green, along with special collections of organisations, people and events which are significant to Haringey.  The oldest records are the Manorial Court Rolls dating from 1309 and most recent, are last month's Council Minutes.

Contact events@sog.org.uk if you have any questions, or wish to book for two or more people.