Monkenholt is a late 18th century house in

Hadley Green Road Hadley may refer to: Places Canada * Hadley Bay, on the north of Victoria Island, Nunavut England * Hadley, London, a former civil parish within Barnet Urban District from 1894 to 1965 * Hadley, Shropshire, part of the new town of Telford, ...

Monken Hadley Monken Hadley is a place in the London Borough of Barnet. An ancient country village north of Barnet, it is now a suburban development on the very edge of Greater London north north-west of Charing Cross, while retaining much of its rural cha ...

in the London Borough of Barnet. It is a

grade II listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

. The house was once the home of Dame Cicely Saunders, the founder of the hospice movement. In 1971, the

Angry Brigade The Angry Brigade was a far-left British terrorist group responsible for a series of bomb attacks in England between 1970 and 1972. Using small bombs, they targeted banks, embassies, a BBC Outside Broadcast vehicle, and the homes of Conservati ...

exploded two bombs outside the house while it was the home of government minister

Robert Carr Leonard Robert Carr, Baron Carr of Hadley, (11 November 1916 – 17 February 2012) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Home Secretary from 1972 to 1974. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for 26 years, and later ser ...

. Carr and his family were unhurt but the house was badly damaged.BARNET 1971 - Robert Carr's House Bombed on Hadley Green.
Independent Television News, 1971. You Tube. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

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Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Barnet Houses in the London Borough of Barnet Monken Hadley Houses completed in the 18th century Grade II listed houses in London {{London-struct-stub