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Hadley Hurst is a grade II* listed building on Hadley Common road, in Monken Hadley, north of Chipping Barnet.
File:Hadley Hurst 21 July 2015 06.JPG, Hadley Hurst from Hadley Common road.
File:Hadley Hurst gates.JPG, Hadley Hurst gates.
File:Hadley Hurst 21 July 2015 04.JPG, Rear elevation detail.
Hadley Hurst is a grade II* listed building on Hadley Common road, in Monken Hadley, north of Chipping Barnet.
History
The house was reputedly designed byChristopher Wren
Sir Christopher Wren PRS FRS (; – ) was one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history, as well as an anatomist, astronomer, geometer, and mathematician-physicist. He was accorded responsibility for rebuilding 52 churches ...
and dates from at least 1707. In 1936 the owner, Gordon Saunders
Joseph Gordon Saunders MusD (183717 January 1912) was a composer of songs, church music and organ music. He was also a teacher of composition, piano, harmony and counterpoint at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, Trinity Colle ...
, who at different times also lived at Monkenholt
Monkenholt is a late 18th century house in Hadley Green Road, Monken Hadley in the London Borough of Barnet. It is a grade II listed building.
The house was once the home of Cicely Saunders, Dame Cicely Saunders, the founder of the hospice move ...
and The Chase, sold land adjacent to the house to the local council who created King George's Field recreation ground. A footpath to the field passes the house on its eastern side. The house is known for the giant cedar trees on the Hadley Common side lawn.Taylor, Pamela, & Joanna Corden. (1994) ''Barnet, Edgware, Hadley and Totteridge: A pictorial history''. Chichester: Phillimore. Image caption 43. The house faces south so that the elevation seen from Hadley Common road is actually the rear of the house.
Gallery
See also
*Cicely Saunders
Dame Cicely Mary Strode Saunders (22 June 1918 – 14 July 2005) was an English nurse, social worker, physician and writer. She is noted for her work in terminal care research and her role in the birth of the hospice movement, emphasising the i ...
References
External links
Grade II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Barnet Houses in the London Borough of Barnet Monken Hadley Grade II* listed houses in London {{London-struct-stub