Ashlyns Hall
Ashlyns Hall | |
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General information | |
Type | English country house |
Architectural style | Regency/Neoclassical |
Address | Chesham Road, Berkhamsted HP4 2ST |
Town or city | Berkhamsted |
Country | United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 51°45′01″N 0°33′54″W / 51.75015°N 0.56498°W |
Completed | 1800 |
Client | James Smith |
Owner | The Gap Partnership |
Designations | Grade II* listed building |
Ashlyns Hall is a country house at the edge of Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
History
The earliest local records of the Ashlyn name occur in a document dating from 1314 which describes a Reginal Asselyn, who gave his name to a house lying east of Brickhill Green. No further records of this property exist until the
The present hall was built around 1800
James Smith's first wife died, and his second marriage was to Mary Isablella Pechell of
Robert Algernon Smith, the younger brother of Augustus, married into another banking family, the Dorriens who lived at neighbouring Haresfoot house. His bride, Mary Anne Drever, was the granddaughter of
The Ashlyns estate was later acquired in 1859 by William Longman, son of the publisher Thomas Longman who founded the Longman publishing company.[1][3]
In 1930 a large part of the estate, to the North of the hall, was sold off to the children's charity The
Ashlyns Hall continued to be used as a private house on the remainder of the estate. It was the property of the Smith-Dorrien family, and was let out to a succession of tenants. Between c.1877 and 1896 the estate was let to a Colonel Lucas. From 1896 until 1911 Ashlyns Hall estate was let to the chemical manufacturer and politician,
In 1991, Ashlyns Hall was sold and converted for use as offices.[10] Another section of the estate, the former kitchen garden to the West of the hall, was sold off to establish Ashlyns Care Home in around 2000.[11] The hall itself is currently occupied by The Gap Partnership.[12]
Architecture and estate
Ashlyns Hall, is a modestly sized
The surrounding estate consists of pasture fields and parkland that features large, mature wellingtonia and cedar trees. Since 1993, the parkland has been bisected by the
References
- ^ a b c Birtchnell 1960, pp. 37.
- ^ a b "Ashlyns Hall". British listed buildings. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ a b c Hastie 1999, pp. 57.
- ^ a b c "Landscape Character Assessment: ASHLYNS AND WIGGINGTON PLATEAU" (PDF). Hertfordshire County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ "Place: Berkhamsted: Augustus Smith (Hertfordshire Genealogy)". www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ "Personalities from the Past" (PDF). Friends of St Peter's Berkhamsted. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ Hastie 1999, pp. 116.
- ^ "Berkhampstead St Peter: Introduction, honour, manor and castle". A History of the County of Hertford: Volume 2. London: Victoria County History. 1908. pp. 162–171. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
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ignored (help) - ^ "Heritage Statement Former Ashlyn's Farm Site, Chesham Road, Berkhamsted — 3. Historic Development" (PDF). Turley Heritage. pp. 5–6. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "Planning: Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire; Permission sought for offices". 21 June 1991. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ Cook, John (February 2002). "Around the town" (PDF). Berkhamsted Review. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "Contact us". The Gap Partnership. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ PevsnerCherry 2002, p. 100.
- ^ *Historic England. "Stables at Ashlyns Hall (Grade II*) (1078165)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
Sources
- ISBN 9781871372007.
- Hastie, Scott (1999). Berkhamsted:An Illustrated History. Alpine Press Ltd. ISBN 978-0952863113.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (2002). Hertfordshire. Yale University Press. p. 100. ISBN 0300096119. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
External links
- Historic England. "Ashlyns Hall (Grade II*) (1078164)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 November 2018.