Mount House, Camlet Way,
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, is a
grade II* listed
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 ...
house. The attached stable block is also listed.
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History
The house dates from the mid eighteenth century and is home to Mount House School, formerly St Martha's Senior School for girls (1947-2017).Monken Hadley: Education.
British History Online. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
The house was the home between 1836 and 1863 of
Joseph Henry Green
Joseph Henry Green (1 November 1791 – 13 December 1863) (72 years) was an English surgeon who became the literary executor of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Life
Green was the only son of Joseph Green, a prosperous merchant, and was born at the ...
, one of the most eminent surgeons in England and
literary executor
The literary estate of a deceased author consists mainly of the copyright and other intellectual property rights of published works, including film, translation rights, original manuscripts of published work, unpublished or partially completed wo ...
of
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (; 21 October 177225 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poe ...
and the editor of ''Spiritual Philosophy; founded on the teachings of the late Samuel Taylor Coleridge'' (1866) which was written at Mount House. The house was also the home of the Architectural Association School between 1941 and 1945.
References
External links
Grade II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Barnet
Monken Hadley
Grade II* listed houses in London
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