 Upon the death of Taylor Walker in 1918, Arnos Grove was left to his son Richard Walker while he was still 18.The estate was then purchased by Lord Inverforth who sold the southernmost to the Southgate Urban District Council, which created Arnos Park in 1928, and the remainder to property developers.The Arnos Grove mansion was also sold in 1928 to the North Metropolitan Electricity Supply Company, becoming known as Northmet House.