Batchwood Hall Explained

Batchwood Hall is a manor house in St Albans, Hertfordshire

History

The house was designed in the Queen Anne style and built for Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe in 1874.[1] It contains the prototype of the Great Clock in the clock tower at the Palace of Westminster.[2] The site was acquired by St Albans Council in 1935 when John Henry Taylor was commissioned to design and establish an 18-hole golf course in the grounds.[3] The house became an event venue in the 1970s.[4] An arson attack resulted in the complete destruction of the Batchwood Tennis and Golf Centre in August 2011.[5] It operated as a vaccination centre, organised by a consortium of local GPs, during the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

References

51.7664°N -0.3552°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Batchwood Hall. St Albans and Hertfordshire Architectural and Archaeological History Society. 12 November 2017.
  2. Web site: About Batchwood Hall. Batchwood Hall Golf Club. 12 November 2017.
  3. Web site: Club History. Batchwood Hall Golf Club. 12 November 2017.
  4. Web site: Club Batchwood: the spooky past behind St Albans favourite nightclub. 29 October 2015. Hertfordshire Advertiser. 12 November 2017.
  5. Web site: Four arrested on suspicion of arson following St Albans sports centre fire . Hertfordshire Advertiser . 11 August 2011. 12 November 2017.
  6. Web site: Matt Hancock praises Batchwood Hall Covid vaccination centre. 14 February 2021. St Albans Review. 25 February 2021.

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