Key Words :- power station

Address :- Poole Street/New North Road, Hackney, London, Greater London, N1 5ED
Grid Ref :- TQ 32687 83597
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.535691 , Long -0.088309
Local Authority :- Hackney London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Greater London Council

Description and History of Site:-
Built as a generating station for the Great Northern & City Railway.

Converted to the Gainsborough Film Studios, 1924-49.

Then used as a warehouse.

Facade has been retained in a redevelopment of the site into multi-use, now known as The Gainsborough.

Plaque reads:

Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Balcon, Ivor Novello, Gracie Fields, 'The Lady Vanishes', 'The Wicked Lady' worked and were filmed here

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