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Hadley Hurst is a
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
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 Ir ...
on Hadley Common road, in Monken Hadley, north of Chipping Barnet
Chipping Barnet or High Barnet is a suburban market town in north London, forming part of the London Borough of Barnet, England. It is a suburban development built around a 12th-century settlement, and is located north-northwest of Chari ...
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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 church ...
and dates from at least 1707. In 1936 the owner, Gordon Saunders, who at different times also lived at Monkenholt 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
Cedar may refer to:
Trees and plants
*''Cedrus'', common English name cedar, an Old-World genus of coniferous trees in the plant family Pinaceae
*Cedar (plant), a list of trees and plants known as cedar
Places United States
* Cedar, Arizona
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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 ...
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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