Castle Museum Bruce is a great example of a rich English manor house of the sixteenth century with a varied past, reflecting the history of great Britain itself.

The name of the castle, mentioned already in the early sixteenth century, gave the once stood the house of Bruce. The house was the property of an ancient Scottish clan, lineage leading, under some assumptions, from the Norman knight Robert de Bruce (sailed to England with William the Conqueror in 1066). Replaced Georgian home castle built of red brick is one of the first cases of using a typical British building material. The building was rebuilt in the XVII, XVIII, XIX centuries, but basically maintained the original appearance.

The first owner of the castle was sir William Compton, the nobleman of the time of Henry III, which, among other things, included the observation portable toilet king. The incumbent court of natural causes was very close to the monarch. In the XVII century the castle was damaged during the civil war the building was occupied by the army of the Parliament. British politician, historian and antiquary Baron Henry Hare received the castle in the inheritance, and lived here with his first wife, Constance – according to some reports, she threw herself from the balcony of the castle with a baby, learning about her husband's connection with another woman. One of the legends of the castle – about the "Ghost lady" supposedly scary screaming on the anniversary of the suicide.

But the most famous owner of the castle – teacher sir Rowland hill, who bought the building in 1827 to accommodate school here. School hill made a breakthrough in British pedagogy: here taught foreign languages and natural Sciences, abolished corporal punishment. The hill is also known as a radical reformer mail Britain: it was he who introduced the use of a postage stamp (the famous "penny black").

The castle was opened to the public as a Museum in 1906. The exposition tells about the history of the County of Charing (North London), part of it is dedicated to sir Rowland hill and the British mail. For example, here is presented one of the most comprehensive collections of English mailbox. Impressive collection of historical portraits and landscapes.

Besides the exhibition, it makes sense to actually explore the castle and its Park is one of the oldest in Tottenham. The Tottenham area today notorious as a point of social tension, where often start civil unrest. However, in the estate of Bruce forget about it: in a quiet Park area of 20 hectares has tennis courts, a children's pool, and basketball courts. Here grows a magnificent sprawling 500-year old oak.