Emails obtained under Freedom of Information and Environmental Information Regulations laws confirm Tottenham Hotspur made moves to buy two historic buildings near its Bulls Cross training base, according to the Enfield Dispatch. Neither purchase has gone through, and neither building is currently for sale.
Whitewebbs House and Myddelton House
The first approach concerned Whitewebbs House, a locally listed building currently occupied by a Toby Carvery restaurant. THFC discussed buying the freehold with Enfield Council between July 2024 and April 2025, with an offer described in the emails as being pitched “at valuation level”.
The second concerned Myddelton House, a Grade 2-listed Regency villa whose gardens were designed by the horticulturalist Edward Augustus Bowles and which ranks among Enfield’s top visitor attractions. THFC approached Lee Valley Regional Park Authority earlier in 2026 about buying it as part of a wider possible deal for the freehold of the existing Bulls Cross training centre, which borders Myddelton House.
LVRPA has said the disposal of Myddelton House is not currently a priority and that the building serves as its headquarters. Enfield Council, meanwhile, says no proposals have gone to cabinet since a change of administration in May 2026, and none are currently under consideration. THFC declined to comment when approached by the Dispatch.
Context: a training base surrounded by disputes
The Bulls Cross training centre sits between Myddelton House Gardens to the east and Whitewebbs Park to the west, and the wider picture here is one long-running Spurs fans will recognise: expansion ambitions running into local resistance. The club remains in a legal fight with Enfield Council after a judge quashed the previous administration’s decision to grant planning permission for a women’s training academy at Whitewebbs Park, and THFC is now applying to appeal that verdict.
A previous deal would have handed the club a 25-year lease over roughly half the park, worth £2 million in total, contingent on that planning permission being granted. It wasn’t, so the lease isn’t happening either – at least not yet. Given Tottenham’s finances have cash reserves at a 10-year low, any appetite for buying up heritage property in the area sits oddly alongside the club’s stated budget constraints, and it’s fair to ask how any of this squares with the infrastructure ambitions that have defined the stadium era.
