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==Listed buildings== [[File:Arlington Square.jpg|thumb|Grade II listed Arlington Square]][[File:Islington st pauls 1.jpg|thumb|The Grade II* listed St Paul's Church seen from Essex Road. This was built in 1866 to a design by [[Sir Charles Barry]], who went on to build the current [[Houses of Parliament]]. (March 2007)]] [[File:Essex road carlton 1.jpg|thumb|The Egyptianate former [[Carlton Cinema, Essex Road]] is Grade II listed, and has now closed. (November 2005)]] '''Grade II*''' [[English Heritage]]<ref>[http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/ Images of England] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813190017/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/ |date=13 August 2009}}. Retrieved 10 March 2007</ref> list three Grade II* [[listed buildings]] within Central Islington (and many more in surrounding districts): *[[Union Chapel, Islington|The Union Chapel]] *3 Terrett's Place (an 18th-century house on Upper Street) *St Paul's Church, St Paul's Road (designed by [[Sir Charles Barry]], now the St Paul's [[Rudolf Steiner|Steiner]] Project) *[[Canonbury House and Canonbury Tower|Canonbury Tower]] '''Grade II (selected):''' The area contains numerous Georgian townhouses, shops and pubs. Many whole terraces are listed including much of [[Liverpool Road]] (one side of which is in [[Barnsbury]]) and [[Islington High Street]]/[[A1 road (London)#Upper Street|Upper Street]]. Other multiply listed streets include Arlington Square (one of the UK's top 10 garden squares),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hortweek.com/keep-britain-tidy-reveals-nations-10-popular-parks/parks-and-gardens/article/1412451|title=Nation's 10 Popular Parks}}</ref> [[Camden Passage]], Compton Terrace, Colebrooke Row, Cross Street, Duncan Terrace, [[Essex Road]], Gibson Square and Milner Square. Other Grade II–listed structures include: *[[Almeida Theatre|The Almeida Theatre]] *The Angel Baptist Church, Cross Street *[[The Angel, Islington|The Angel]] building (formerly a public house and hotel, [[Lyons Corner House]] and Co-operative Bank), Islington High Street (gives its name to the area) *The [[Business Design Centre]] (formerly part of the [[Royal Agricultural Hall]]), Upper Street *The Camden Head public house, Camden Passage *The [[Hope and Anchor, Islington|Hope and Anchor]] public house, Upper Street *[[Ironmonger Row Baths]] *[[Islington Town Hall]] *M. Manze's Pie and Eel Shop, Chapel Market (now closed) *The Old Queen's Head public house, Essex Road *Resurrection Manifestations GracePoint church (originally the [[Carlton Cinema, Essex Road]], and later a Mecca Bingo Hall) *[[St John the Evangelist Church, Islington|St John's Church]], Duncan Terrace *[[St Mary's Church, Islington|St Mary's Church]], Upper Street (rebuilt after the Second World War; only the spire remains from the original) *South Library, Essex Road *The York public house *[[Emirates Stadium]] *London Art House
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