Bayfordbury Hall
| Bayfordbury Hall | |
| Hertfordshire | |
|---|---|
 Bayfordbury Hall | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL31541045 |
| Location: | 51°46’38"N, 0°5’41"W |
| Village: | Bayford |
| History | |
| Built 1759 - 1762 | |
| For: | Sir William Baker |
| Country house | |
| Information | |
Bayfordbury Hall is a country house in Hertfordshire, with surrounding parkland. The house is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
Today the estate, Bayfordbury, is separated from the house and the location of a University of Hertfordshire campus, housing its biology/geography field station and observatory.
History
Bayfordbury House was originally built between 1759 and 1762 for a well-to-do London merchant, Sir William Baker. It was upgraded to its present appearance by his son, also William Baker between 1809 and 1812.
After the death of Admiral Sir Lewis Clinton-Baker in 1940, the estate was leased to the Dr Barnardo's charity. The Bayfordbury estate, then extending over 372 acres, was bought by the John Innes Centre in 1948 and developed into a School of Cytology.[2] A new Cell Biology building was built in 1959,[3] later to become the Science Learning Centre. In 1967 the John Innes Centre moved to its present site in Norwich and the Bayfordbury estate was bought by the Hertfordshire Council in 1967 for the use of Hatfield Polytechnic.[1] The polytechnic later became the University of Hertfordshire.
See also
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Bayfordbury Hall) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 National Heritage List 1176752: Bayfordbury
- ↑ John Innes Centre: history
- ↑ John Innes Centre: timeline