2014

SP9912 : Ashridge House - The Monks' Barn

taken 10 years ago, near to Hudnall, Hertfordshire, England

Ashridge House - The Monks' Barn
Ashridge House - The Monks' Barn
On the western side of the Monk's Garden is the Monks' Barn dating from the late C14th
It is timber framed on a brick and stone sill. The roof is supported on a queen-post and is tiled with old red tiles. It was extended and partly remodelled by Jeffry Wyatt in 1816. In the centre of the roof is a wooden octagonal lantern which was added in 1821. It is of Gothic design and has a pointed leaded spire. In front of this (nearer the camera) is the largest of several gabled dormers; these were all altered in 1972 when the barn was altered to a dormitory and a floor was inserted.
Ashridge House

Ashridge House is one of the largest Gothic Revival country houses in England and is Grade I. listed.

The building stands on the site of Ashridge Priory, a medieval abbey founded by the Brothers of Penitence. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the building eventually became the private residence of Princess Elizabeth - later Elizabeth I. - and it was here that she was arrested in 1552 under suspicion of treason. In 1604 the priory was acquired by Sir Thomas Egerton. A descendant of his, the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater - he of canal-building fame - demolished the old buildings but did not live to see his plans for the House completed. His successor, the 7th Earl of Bridgewater, commissioned James Wyatt to build the present neo-gothic building as his home: it was completed in 1813.

In 1921 the House was acquired by a trust established by Andrew Bonar Law, a former Prime Minister. In 1959 it became a management training college, and it continues in that role today with its own degree-awarding powers and an international reputation.


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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Garden at Ashridge [30] · Roof [10] · Monks Barn [4] ·
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SP9912, 151 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Rob Farrow   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 6 August, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 14 August, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 9929 1212 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:47.9353N 0:33.6925W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SP 9933 1212
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WEST (about 270 degrees)
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