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Hertfordshire</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align: center"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od 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style="position:relative;width:280px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hertfordshire_UK_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Grove, Watford is located in Hertfordshire"><img alt="The Grove, Watford is located in Hertfordshire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Hertfordshire_UK_location_map.svg/280px-Hertfordshire_UK_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="280" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Hertfordshire_UK_location_map.svg/420px-Hertfordshire_UK_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Hertfordshire_UK_location_map.svg/560px-Hertfordshire_UK_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="992" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:82.52%;left:31.617%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="The Grove, Watford"><img alt="The Grove, Watford" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/7px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/11px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/14px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of the Grove in Hertfordshire</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Former names</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><i>La Grava</i></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed;color:#000;">General information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data category">Hotel</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/English_country_house" title="English country house">English country house</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Architectural style</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Palladian_architecture" title="Palladian architecture">Palladian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Chandler%27s_Cross,_Hertfordshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandler's Cross, Hertfordshire">Chandler's Cross, Hertfordshire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Address</th><td class="infobox-data">Langleybury Lane, Chandler's Cross, Hertfordshire, WD3 4TG</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Town or city</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Watford" title="Watford">Watford</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=The_Grove,_Watford&params=51.6774_N_0.4364_W_type:landmark_region:GB"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°40′39″N</span> <span class="longitude">0°26′11″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.6774°N 0.4364°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.6774; -0.4364</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Construction started</th><td class="infobox-data">c.1720</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Renovated</th><td class="infobox-data">c.1780, c.1870–5, 1996–2000</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Trustees_Limited" title="Ralph Trustees Limited">Ralph Trustees Limited</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed;color:#000;">Technical details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Material</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Red_brick" class="mw-redirect" title="Red brick">Red brick</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed;color:#000;">Design and construction</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Architect(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Taylor_(architect)" title="Robert Taylor (architect)">Sir Robert Taylor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_building" class="mw-redirect" title="Grade II* listed building">Grade II* listed building</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed;color:#000;">Renovating team</th></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Architect(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Brettingham" title="Matthew Brettingham">Matthew Brettingham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edward_Blore" title="Edward Blore">Edward Blore</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed;color:#000;">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thegrove.co.uk">www<wbr />.thegrove<wbr />.co<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>The Grove</b> is a large hotel in <a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire" title="Hertfordshire">Hertfordshire</a>, England, with a 300–acre (1.2 km<sup>2</sup>) private park next to the <a href="/wiki/River_Gade" title="River Gade">River Gade</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Union_Canal" title="Grand Union Canal">Grand Union Canal</a>. It touches on its north-west corner the <a href="/wiki/M25_motorway" title="M25 motorway">M25 motorway</a> and remains a small part in <a href="/wiki/Watford" title="Watford">Watford</a>. The estate is situated within three different settlements; most of the land and all of the mansion itself are in the <a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">civil parish</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sarratt" title="Sarratt">Sarratt</a>, and also in the <a href="/wiki/Parish_(Church_of_England)" title="Parish (Church of England)">ecclesiastical parish</a> of <a href="/wiki/Langleybury" title="Langleybury">Langleybury</a>, while the estate lies within the <a href="/wiki/Post_town" title="Post town">post town</a> of <a href="/wiki/Rickmansworth" title="Rickmansworth">Rickmansworth</a>. </p><p>Originally built as an <a href="/wiki/English_country_house" title="English country house">English country house</a> on the site of a medieval <a href="/wiki/Manor_house" title="Manor house">manor house</a>, The Grove served as the <a href="/wiki/Family_seat" title="Family seat">family seat</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Clarendon" title="Earl of Clarendon">Earls of Clarendon</a> (second creation), the Villiers family, from 1776–c.1920. Since its <a href="/wiki/Georgian_architecture" title="Georgian architecture">Georgian construction</a>, The Grove has been altered and extended four times by a number of noted architects, including <a href="/wiki/Surveyor_of_the_King%27s_Works" class="mw-redirect" title="Surveyor of the King's Works">Surveyor of the King's Works</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Taylor_(architect)" title="Robert Taylor (architect)">Robert Taylor</a>. </p><p>Following the increase in <a href="/wiki/Inheritance_Tax_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Inheritance Tax (United Kingdom)">estate duty</a> in 1914, the Villiers Family sold off the house and estate. Today it is in use as a luxury hotel and <a href="/wiki/Golf_course" title="Golf course">golf course</a>. The Grove often hosts major international events, such as the <a href="/wiki/WGC-American_Express_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="WGC-American Express Championship">WGC-American Express Championship</a> in 2006, the <a href="/wiki/2009_G20_London_summit" title="2009 G20 London summit">2009 G20 London summit</a>, the <a href="/wiki/2013_Bilderberg_Conference" title="2013 Bilderberg Conference">2013 Bilderberg Conference</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2019_London_summit" title="2019 London summit">2019 NATO Leaders' Meeting</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_geography">Local geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Grove,_Watford&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Local geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The majority of the estate, including the mansion is in the <a href="/wiki/Post_town" title="Post town">post town</a> of <a href="/wiki/Rickmansworth" title="Rickmansworth">Rickmansworth</a>, having postal prefix WD3. However, the east including the former mill is in <a href="/wiki/Watford" title="Watford">Watford</a>'s first subdivision of post town (WD17). Watford was the estate's parish in all forms of local geography from 1086 until 1878.<sup id="cite_ref-VCH_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VCH-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A similar minority is in the ecclesiastical parish of Watford (St Luke), although most of the land and all of the mansion has been in <a href="/wiki/Langleybury" title="Langleybury">Langleybury</a> ecclesiastically since 1878, when that parish was founded.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ac_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Secularly the mansion is in <a href="/wiki/Sarratt" title="Sarratt">Sarratt</a> <a href="/wiki/Civil_parishes_in_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil parishes in England">civil parish</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-eh_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eh-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The hotel's publicity material makes reference to Chandlers Cross, the nearest settlement, formerly part of another parish and which has a <a href="/wiki/Nucleated_village" title="Nucleated village">nucleus</a> to the west. It has now become the smaller of two settlements in the neighbouring ecclesiastical parish of <a href="/wiki/Chipperfield" title="Chipperfield">Chipperfield</a> but is in the same parish in terms of local government.<sup id="cite_ref-ac_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Grove,_Watford&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Archaeology">Archaeology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Grove,_Watford&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Archaeology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Excavations on the estate in 2002 revealed evidence from all periods of human cultural development. The earliest evidence of human activity is a Neolithic polished stone axe that was discovered in a small pit with the remains of a pot that appears to be of Middle Bronze Age. The first evidence of settlement consists of traces of oval and circular dwelling structures from the Early Bronze Age (around 4,000 years old). The Iron Age gives some pottery evidence but none of settlement. Two burials have been found dating to the Roman period, although they seem to be in the native rather than Roman tradition. Traces of Saxon settlement, rare in Hertfordshire, have been found. There are remains of at least eight <a href="/wiki/Grubenhause" class="mw-redirect" title="Grubenhause">grubenhause</a>, sunken-floored buildings that are typical of this period. Medieval pottery contemporary with the building of the first manor house have been found in ditches.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_references_to_The_Grove">First references to The Grove</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Grove,_Watford&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: First references to The Grove"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1294–5 John de Brittewell and Sarah his wife conveyed land and a third part of a mill written as 'La Grava' to Albreda de Brittewell and her two sisters Alice and Ellen. In 1324–5 Thomas de Harpesfield and Joan his wife held land in the demesne of <a href="/wiki/St_Albans" title="St Albans">St Albans</a> at La Grava in the vill of Cassio, and the abbot released them from rent due for it. There is a monumental inscription in Watford church to John Heydon of the Grove, who died in 1400. John Rayner and Joan his wife conveyed the manor in 1481–1482 to John Fortescue, John Sturgeon, John Forster, and Henry Heydon, <a href="/wiki/Statute_of_Uses" title="Statute of Uses">for the use of</a> John Fortescue. Upon its administration in the <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Chancery" title="Court of Chancery">Court of Chancery</a> the estate passed to John Melksham or Melsam, who died in 1487, leaving John his son and heir, who, in 1503 with his wife Elizabeth, granted it to Reginald Pegge reserving a rent of £10. It passed to his son William, who, with Margaret his wife and the late wife of Pegge snr. (and her new husband Geoffrey Oxley), conveyed the manor in 1518 to William (d.1545) and John Heydon. William's son was Henry (d. 1559) who inherited and left the Grove to his son Francis, who sold the manor in 1602 to Clement Scudamore.<sup id="cite_ref-VCH_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VCH-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He sold it in 1631 and two water-mills under one roof, called the Grove Mills, to Sir William Ashton who left it to his second son Robert. His son died without issue in 1703 so it passed to Sir William Buck who died in 1717, great-grandson of Sir William Ashton. It passed to son Charles Buck, who had it totally rebuilt (see below) and in 1728 sold it to the trustees of <a href="/wiki/Fulke_Greville_(1717%E2%80%931806)" title="Fulke Greville (1717–1806)">Fulke Greville</a>, born 1717. He in 1743 sold it to Arthur M. St Leger, 3rd <a href="/wiki/Viscount_Doneraile" title="Viscount Doneraile">Viscount Doneraile</a>, who conveyed it in 1748 in legal title not <a href="/wiki/Equity_(law)" title="Equity (law)">equity</a> to Charles Unwin (as his trustee) — so on death in 1750 without issue, Doneraile's will confirmed his wish it pass to cousin Elizabeth St Leger 'until marriage' — she then married Major Ralph Burton.<sup id="cite_ref-VCH_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VCH-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On her marriage the estate re-vested in trustees, who sold it in 1753 to the <abbr title="The Honorable">Hon.</abbr> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Villiers,_1st_Earl_of_Clarendon" title="Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon">Thomas Villiers</a>, successful diplomat and second son of <a href="/wiki/William_Villiers,_2nd_Earl_of_Jersey" title="William Villiers, 2nd Earl of Jersey">William Villiers, 2nd Earl of Jersey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-VCH_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VCH-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thomas Villiers married the heiress to the <a href="/wiki/Edward_Hyde,_1st_Earl_of_Clarendon" title="Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon">wealthiest branch of the Hyde family</a> whose 1st Earl was a minister under <a href="/wiki/Charles_I_of_England" title="Charles I of England">Charles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_II_of_England" title="Charles II of England">Charles II</a> and grandfather of <a href="/wiki/Anne,_Queen_of_Great_Britain" title="Anne, Queen of Great Britain">Anne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mary_II_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary II of England">Mary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-VCH_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VCH-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seat_for_the_new_Earls_of_Clarendon">Seat for the new Earls of 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style="width:272px;max-width:272px"><div class="trow"><div class="theader">Earls of Clarendon</div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:154px;max-width:154px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:200px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Villiers,_1st_Earl_of_Clarendon" title="Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon"><img alt="portrait engraving of man in a wig" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/ThomasVilliersEarlClarendon.jpg/152px-ThomasVilliersEarlClarendon.jpg" decoding="async" width="152" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/ThomasVilliersEarlClarendon.jpg/228px-ThomasVilliersEarlClarendon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/ThomasVilliersEarlClarendon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="287" data-file-height="380" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Villiers,_1st_Earl_of_Clarendon" title="Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon">Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon</a> (1709–1786)</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:114px;max-width:114px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:200px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/George_Villiers,_4th_Earl_of_Clarendon" title="George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon"><img alt="cartoon of a think bald man" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/4th_Earl_of_Clarendon.png/112px-4th_Earl_of_Clarendon.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/4th_Earl_of_Clarendon.png/168px-4th_Earl_of_Clarendon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/4th_Earl_of_Clarendon.png/224px-4th_Earl_of_Clarendon.png 2x" data-file-width="267" data-file-height="477" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/George_Villiers,_4th_Earl_of_Clarendon" title="George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon">George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon</a> (1800–1870)</div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">The Grove was the <a href="/wiki/Family_seat" title="Family seat">family seat</a> of the Earls of Clarendon 1776–c.1920</div></div></div></div> <p>Thomas was soon created Lord Hyde (Baron Hyde of <a href="/wiki/Hindon,_Wiltshire" title="Hindon, Wiltshire">Hindon</a>) for his diplomatic services in 1756 and in 1776 the Crown revived the old Earldom and raised him to 1st Earl of Clarendon (second creation).<sup id="cite_ref-VCH_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VCH-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/George_Villiers,_4th_Earl_of_Clarendon" title="George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon">The fourth earl</a> was a statesman, diplomat (architect of the <a href="/wiki/Quadruple_Alliance_(1834)" class="mw-redirect" title="Quadruple Alliance (1834)">Quadruple Alliance</a> of 1834), <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_Affairs_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (UK)">Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lord_Privy_Seal" title="Lord Privy Seal">Lord Privy Seal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Duchy_of_Lancaster" title="Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster">Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster</a>, <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Board_of_Trade" title="President of the Board of Trade">President of the Board of Trade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Ireland" title="Lord Lieutenant of Ireland">Lord Lieutenant of Ireland</a> and gained non-occupational titles <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Garter" title="Order of the Garter">KG</a> and <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">GCB</a>. Consequently, regular guests in the mid and late nineteenth century included <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a>, Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Lord_Palmerston" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Palmerston">Lord Palmerston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edward_VII" title="Edward VII">Edward VII</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Since_1900">Since 1900</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Grove,_Watford&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Since 1900"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_grove_watford-photosbykishen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/The_grove_watford-photosbykishen.jpg/220px-The_grove_watford-photosbykishen.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/The_grove_watford-photosbykishen.jpg/330px-The_grove_watford-photosbykishen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/The_grove_watford-photosbykishen.jpg/440px-The_grove_watford-photosbykishen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>Since 1996, The Grove Hotel has been used as a luxury hotel. </figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:President_Trump_Participates_in_a_Lunch_with_NATO_2%25ers_(49170411272).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/President_Trump_Participates_in_a_Lunch_with_NATO_2%25ers_%2849170411272%29.jpg/220px-President_Trump_Participates_in_a_Lunch_with_NATO_2%25ers_%2849170411272%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/President_Trump_Participates_in_a_Lunch_with_NATO_2%25ers_%2849170411272%29.jpg/330px-President_Trump_Participates_in_a_Lunch_with_NATO_2%25ers_%2849170411272%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/President_Trump_Participates_in_a_Lunch_with_NATO_2%25ers_%2849170411272%29.jpg/440px-President_Trump_Participates_in_a_Lunch_with_NATO_2%25ers_%2849170411272%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>US President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> at a lunch during the <a href="/wiki/2019_London_summit" title="2019 London summit">2019 NATO summit</a> in the Mansion Room at The Grove</figcaption></figure> <p>In the early 20th century, <a href="/wiki/Inheritance_Tax_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Inheritance Tax (United Kingdom)">death duties</a>, a form of taxation introduced in 1894 by the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Government_1892%E2%80%9395" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Government 1892–95">Liberal Government</a>, was placing an increasing financial burden on <a href="/wiki/Landed_gentry" title="Landed gentry">landed gentry</a> and was responsible for the breaking up of many large estates across Britain.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1920s, in order to reduce their tax liabilities, the <a href="/wiki/Villiers_family" title="Villiers family">Villiers family</a> decided to sell The Grove, downsizing their holdings to their estate at <a href="/wiki/Swanmore" title="Swanmore">Swanmore</a>, Hampshire. Also at around this time, nearby <a href="/wiki/Cassiobury_House" title="Cassiobury House">Cassiobury House</a> was sold off by the widow of <a href="/wiki/George_Capell,_7th_Earl_of_Essex" title="George Capell, 7th Earl of Essex">George Capell, 7th Earl of Essex</a> in 1922 due to prohibitive death duties.<sup id="cite_ref-baty_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baty-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the sale, The Grove was then used as a gardening school, a health centre (National Institute of Nutrition and College of Dietetics), a riding school, and a girls' boarding school.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the wartime headquarters of one of the <a href="/wiki/London,_Midland_and_Scottish_Railway" title="London, Midland and Scottish Railway">Big Four</a> consolidated railway companies. It became a management training centre for the <a href="/wiki/British_Transport_Commission" title="British Transport Commission">British Transport Commission</a> and later <a href="/wiki/British_Rail" title="British Rail">British Rail</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BRB_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BRB-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1996, the estate was acquired by <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Trustees_Limited" title="Ralph Trustees Limited">Ralph Trustees Ltd</a>, at which time the mansion was extended and converted into a hotel.<sup id="cite_ref-tour_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tour-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jeremy Blake, an architect with listed buildings and sustainability expertise, was appointed to undertake these works. The Grove is a former <a href="/wiki/The_Automobile_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="The Automobile Association">AA</a> Hotel of the Year and was voted the UK's Favourite Leisure Hotel by <i><a href="/wiki/Cond%C3%A9_Nast_Traveler" title="Condé Nast Traveler">Condé Nast Traveler</a></i> readers in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The formal gardens were designed by the <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_Flower_Show#Awards" title="Chelsea Flower Show">Chelsea Flower Show Gold Medallist</a> and judge, Michael Balston.<sup id="cite_ref-tour_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tour-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other features include an 18-hole championship golf course designed by the Californian Kyle Phillips.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The golf course is laid out to the south and east of the house (which is on a low hill above the valley of the <a href="/wiki/River_Gade" title="River Gade">river Gade</a>) with its eastern border reaching to the western bank of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Union_Canal" title="Grand Union Canal">Grand Union Canal</a> (that incorporates the Gade in this part of the valley) and its southern border adjacent to the golf course of the West Hert Golf Club.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006, it was the venue of the <a href="/wiki/2006_WGC-American_Express_Championship" title="2006 WGC-American Express Championship">WGC-American Express Championship</a> golf tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the venue for the April 2009 <a href="/wiki/G-20_major_economies#London_Summit" class="mw-redirect" title="G-20 major economies">G20 London summit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2013_Bilderberg_Conference" title="2013 Bilderberg Conference">2013 Bilderberg Conference</a> took place in the hotel<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 2016 it hosted the <a href="/wiki/British_Masters" title="British Masters">British Masters</a> golf tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also hosted the <a href="/wiki/2019_London_summit" title="2019 London summit">2019 NATO Leaders' Meeting</a>, chaired by the NATO Secretary General, on 4 December 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Architecture">Architecture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Grove,_Watford&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main house is a <a href="/wiki/Red_brick" class="mw-redirect" title="Red brick">red brick</a> structure with stone <a href="/wiki/Quoin" title="Quoin">quoins</a>, mostly in the <a href="/wiki/Palladian_architecture" title="Palladian architecture">Palladian</a> style. The south-facing front of the house is flanked by large <a href="/wiki/Neoclassical_architecture" title="Neoclassical architecture">neoclassical</a> <a href="/wiki/Doric_column" class="mw-redirect" title="Doric column">Doric</a> <a href="/wiki/Pilasters" class="mw-redirect" title="Pilasters">pilasters</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-eh_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eh-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pevsner_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pevsner-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The architecture developed as follows: </p> <ul><li>The Grove was built about 1720 Charles Buck; its foundations and its internal structure dates to that year.<sup id="cite_ref-eh_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eh-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Altered 1754-61 by architect <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Brettingham" title="Matthew Brettingham">Matthew Brettingham</a> for the 1st Earl (see above and below).<sup id="cite_ref-eh_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eh-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>He produced a seven-bay south front with two wings, facing south, between 1754 and 1761. Its south facing main entrance front features a "2:3:2, main range articulated by Giant Roman <a href="/wiki/Doric_column" class="mw-redirect" title="Doric column">Doric pilasters</a>...To [the] centre a larger round-headed sash with apron panel and key blocked surround in an <a href="/wiki/Aedicula" title="Aedicula">aedicular</a> frame with <a href="/wiki/Pediment" title="Pediment">pediment</a> rising above 20th century stone coped parapet. Cross axial stacks."<sup id="cite_ref-eh_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eh-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>Extended and altered c.1780 by architect Sir <a href="/wiki/Robert_Taylor_(architect)" title="Robert Taylor (architect)">Robert Taylor</a> for the 1st Earl.<sup id="cite_ref-eh_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eh-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>Demolished the Brettingham wing with the family chapel and created a Palladian two-storey mansion with Venetian windows and, internally, Italian plasterwork. The eastern front was designed in response to the new <a href="/wiki/Repton" title="Repton">Repton</a>-inspired drive, winding through the Gade Valley over a bridge and between lakes, which have all been restored. He was also responsible for four fireplaces, one of which was destroyed to make way for a secretary's desk when the mansion was used as railway offices. A replica of the fireplace was created during the restoration of the mansion.</li></ul></li> <li>Level added, altered and extended c.1870–5 by architect <a href="/wiki/Edward_Blore" title="Edward Blore">Edward Blore</a> for the 4th Earl.<sup id="cite_ref-eh_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eh-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>Under the <a href="/wiki/George_Villiers,_4th_Earl_of_Clarendon" title="George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon">4th Earl of Clarendon</a> (1800–1875), the family's political prominence meant that they entertained regularly. Third storey added to the house. Grander ground floor and main staircase created to make space to display the Earl's large collection of <a href="/wiki/Old_Masters" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Masters">Old Masters</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>Altered and extended mid-20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-eh_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eh-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Altered and extended 1996–2000.<sup id="cite_ref-eh_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eh-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Grove,_Watford&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-VCH-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-VCH_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-VCH_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-VCH_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-VCH_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-VCH_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-VCH_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFWilliam_Page1908" class="citation book cs1">William Page, ed. 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Sports_Watford_F.C." title="Sun Sports Watford F.C.">Sun Sports Watford F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watford_F.C." title="Watford F.C.">Watford F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watford_F.C._Ladies" class="mw-redirect" title="Watford F.C. 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style="width:1%">Broxbourne</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eleanor_cross" title="Eleanor cross">Eleanor Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wormleybury" title="Wormleybury">Wormleybury</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dacorum</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/130%E2%80%93136_Piccotts_End" title="130–136 Piccotts End">130–136 Piccotts End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashridge_Executive_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashridge Executive Education">Ashridge Business School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechwood_Park_(mansion)" title="Beechwood Park (mansion)">Beechwood Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berkhamsted_School" title="Berkhamsted School">Berkhamsted School Old Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Hemel_Hempstead" title="St Mary's Church, Hemel Hempstead">St Mary's Church, Hemel Hempstead</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">East Hertfordshire</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aston_Bury" title="Aston Bury">Aston Bury Manor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balls_Park" title="Balls Park">Balls Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benington_Castle" title="Benington Castle">Benington Castle (remains)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hertford_Castle" title="Hertford Castle">Hertford Castle Gatehouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunsdon_House" title="Hunsdon House">Hunsdon House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rye_House,_Hertfordshire" title="Rye House, Hertfordshire">Rye House Gatehouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott%27s_Grotto" title="Scott's Grotto">Scott's Grotto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_Hall,_Hertford" title="Shire Hall, Hertford">Shire Hall, Hertford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_James%27_Church,_Stanstead_Abbotts" title="St James' Church, Stanstead Abbotts">St James' Church, Stanstead Abbotts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Leonard%27s_Church,_Bengeo" title="St Leonard's Church, Bengeo">St Leonard's Church, Bengeo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Ware" title="St Mary's Church, Ware">St Mary's Church, Ware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Mary_the_Virgin%27s_Church,_Little_Hormead" class="mw-redirect" title="St Mary the Virgin's Church, Little Hormead">St Mary the Virgin's Church, Little Hormead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waytemore_Castle" title="Waytemore Castle">Waytemore Castle (remains)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heath_Mount_School" title="Heath Mount School">Woodhall Park (Heath Mount School)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hertsmere</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tyttenhanger_House" title="Tyttenhanger House">Tyttenhanger House</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North Hertfordshire</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hitchin_Priory" title="Hitchin Priory">Hitchin Priory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Church,_Weston" title="Holy Trinity Church, Weston">Holy Trinity Church, Weston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_John_the_Baptist,_Royston,_Hertfordshire" title="Church of St John the Baptist, Royston, Hertfordshire">St John the Baptist's Church, Royston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Katharine,_Ickleford" title="Church of St Katharine, Ickleford">St Katharine's Church, Ickleford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Ashwell,_Hertfordshire" title="St Mary's Church, Ashwell, Hertfordshire">St Mary's Church, Ashwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Mary_the_Virgin,_Baldock" title="Church of St Mary the Virgin, Baldock">St Mary's Church, Baldock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Hitchin" title="St Mary's Church, Hitchin">St Mary's Church, Hitchin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Mary_and_St_Thomas,_Knebworth" title="Church of St Mary and St Thomas, Knebworth">St Mary and St Thomas's Church, Knebworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royston_Cave" title="Royston Cave">Royston Cave</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">St Albans</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clock_Tower,_St_Albans" title="Clock Tower, St Albans">Clock Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Gorhambury_House" title="Old Gorhambury House">Old Gorhambury House (remains)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rothamsted_Manor" title="Rothamsted Manor">Rothamsted Manor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Albans_Cathedral" title="St Albans Cathedral">St Albans Cathedral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Helen%27s_Church,_Wheathampstead" title="St Helen's Church, Wheathampstead">St Helen's Church, Wheathampstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Redbourn" title="St Mary's Church, Redbourn">St Mary's Church, Redbourn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Michael%27s_Church,_St_Albans" title="St Michael's Church, St Albans">St Michael's Church, St Albans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verulamium" title="Verulamium">Verulamium</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Stevenage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rooks_Nest_House" title="Rooks Nest House">Rooks Nest House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Nicholas%27_Church,_Stevenage" title="St Nicholas' Church, Stevenage">St Nicholas' Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Three Rivers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moor_Park_(house)" title="Moor Park (house)">Moor Park</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Watford</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Rood_Church,_Watford" title="Holy Rood Church, Watford">Holy Rood Church, Watford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Watford" title="St Mary's Church, Watford">St Mary's Church, Watford</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Welwyn Hatfield</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brocket_Hall" title="Brocket Hall">Brocket Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatfield_House" title="Hatfield House">Hatfield House/Old Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_St_Lawrence_Church,_Ayot_St_Lawrence" title="New St Lawrence Church, Ayot St Lawrence">New St Lawrence Church, Ayot St Lawrence</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible uncollapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Grade_II*155" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Hertfordshire" title="Grade II* listed buildings in Hertfordshire">Grade II*</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Broxbourne_(borough)" title="Grade II* listed buildings in Broxbourne (borough)">Broxbourne</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rawdon_House" title="Rawdon House">Rawdon House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theobalds_House" title="Theobalds House">Theobalds House</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Dacorum" title="Grade II* listed buildings in Dacorum">Dacorum</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/173,_High_Street,_Berkhamsted" title="173, High Street, Berkhamsted">173 High Street, Berkhamsted</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashlyns_Hall" title="Ashlyns Hall">Ashlyns Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgewater_Monument" title="Bridgewater Monument">Bridgewater Monument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Bury,_Hemel_Hempstead" title="The Bury, Hemel Hempstead">The Bury, Hemel Hempstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cell_Park" title="Cell Park">Cell Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Incent%27s_House" title="Dean Incent's House">Dean Incent's House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaddesden_Place" title="Gaddesden Place">Gaddesden Place</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Parsonage" title="Golden Parsonage">Golden Parsonage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Old_Bell,_Hemel_Hempstead" title="The Old Bell, Hemel Hempstead">The Old Bell, Hemel Hempstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Peter,_Great_Berkhamsted" title="Church of St Peter, Great Berkhamsted">St Peter's Church, Great Berkhamstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tring_Park_Mansion" title="Tring Park Mansion">Tring Park Mansion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_East_Hertfordshire" title="Grade II* listed buildings in East Hertfordshire">East Hertfordshire</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_Nations_Christian_College" title="All Nations Christian College">All Nations Christian College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Saints%27_Church,_Hertford" title="All Saints' Church, Hertford">All Saints' Church, Hertford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buntingford_almshouses" class="mw-redirect" title="Buntingford almshouses">Almshouses, Buntingford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayfordbury" title="Bayfordbury">Bayfordbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Edmund%27s_College,_Ware" title="St Edmund's College, Ware">Chapel at St Edmund's College, Ware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Hall,_Hertford" title="County Hall, Hertford">County Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cromer_Windmill,_Ardeley" title="Cromer Windmill, Ardeley">Cromer Windmill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fanhams_Hall" title="Fanhams Hall">Fanhams Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldings_estate" title="Goldings estate">Goldings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haileybury_and_Imperial_Service_College" title="Haileybury and Imperial Service College">Haileybury and Imperial Service College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hare_Street_House" title="Hare Street House">Hare Street House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanbury_Manor" title="Hanbury Manor">Hanbury Manor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marden_Hill" title="Marden Hill">Marden Hill House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Much_Hadham_Palace" title="Much Hadham Palace">Much Hadham Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pishiobury" title="Pishiobury">Pishiobury Park Mansion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Church,_Buckland" title="St Andrew's Church, Buckland">St Andrew's Church, Buckland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stansted_Hall" title="Stansted Hall">Stansted Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeomanry_House,_Hertford" title="Yeomanry House, Hertford">Yeomanry House, Hertford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Youngsbury" title="Youngsbury">Youngsbury Stable Block</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Hertsmere" title="Grade II* listed buildings in Hertsmere">Hertsmere</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aldenham_House" title="Aldenham House">Aldenham House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dyrham_Park_Country_Club" title="Dyrham Park Country Club">Dyrham Park lodges and arched gateway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilfield_Castle" title="Hilfield Castle">Hilfield Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knightsland_Farm_House" title="Knightsland Farm House">Knightsland Farm House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lululaund" title="Lululaund">Lululaund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Aircraft_Museum" title="De Havilland Aircraft Museum">Salisbury Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrotham_Park" title="Wrotham Park">Wrotham Park</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_North_Hertfordshire" title="Grade II* listed buildings in North Hertfordshire">North Hertfordshire</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_All_Saints,_Radwell" title="Church of All Saints, Radwell">All Saints Church, Radwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_All_Saints,_Willian" title="Church of All Saints, Willian">All Saints Church, Willian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Cloisters_(Letchworth)" title="The Cloisters (Letchworth)">The Cloisters, Letchworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Nicholas,_Hinxworth" title="Church of St Nicholas, Hinxworth">St Nicholas' Church, Hinxworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinxworth_Place" title="Hinxworth Place">Hinxworth Place</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homewood,_Knebworth" title="Homewood, Knebworth">Homewood, Knebworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knebworth_House" title="Knebworth House">Knebworth House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Helena_College" title="Princess Helena College">Princess Helena College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spirella" title="Spirella">Spirella Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Margaret_of_Antioch,_Bygrave" title="Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Bygrave">St Margaret of Antioch's Church, Bygrave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Martin%27s_Church,_Knebworth" title="St Martin's Church, Knebworth">St Martin's Church, Knebworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Mary_Magdalene%27s_Church,_Caldecote" title="St Mary Magdalene's Church, Caldecote">St Mary Magdalene's Church, Caldecote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Walden_Bury" title="St Paul's Walden Bury">St Paul's Walden Bury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Vincent,_Newnham" title="Church of St Vincent, Newnham">St Vincent's Church, Newnham</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_the_City_and_District_of_St_Albans" title="Grade II* listed buildings in the City and District of St Albans">St Albans</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_Saints_Pastoral_Centre" title="All Saints Pastoral Centre">All Saints Pastoral Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Albans_Town_Hall" title="St Albans Town Hall">St Albans Town Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorhambury_House" title="Gorhambury House">New Gorhambury House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redbournbury_Mill" title="Redbournbury Mill">Redbournbury Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Leonard%27s_Church,_Sandridge" title="St Leonard's Church, Sandridge">St Leonard's Church, Sandridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Nicholas_Church,_Harpenden" title="St Nicholas Church, Harpenden">St Nicholas Church, Harpenden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Peter,_St_Albans" title="Church of St Peter, St Albans">St Peter's Church, St Albans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Stephen%27s_Church,_St_Albans" title="St Stephen's Church, St Albans">St Stephen's Church, St Albans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westwick_Row" title="Westwick Row">Westwick Cottage</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Three_Rivers" title="Grade II* listed buildings in Three Rivers">Three Rivers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hunton_Park" title="Hunton Park">Hunton Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langleybury" title="Langleybury">Langleybury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxhey_Chapel" title="Oxhey Chapel">Oxhey Chapel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_House_School,_Redheath" class="mw-redirect" title="York House School, Redheath">Redheath</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Watford" title="Grade II* listed buildings in Watford">Watford</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watford_Grammar_School_for_Boys" title="Watford Grammar School for Boys">The Mrs Elizabeth Fuller Free School building</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Welwyn_Hatfield" title="Grade II* listed buildings in Welwyn Hatfield">Welwyn Hatfield</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ayot_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayot House">Ayot House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digswell_Viaduct" title="Digswell Viaduct">Digswell Viaduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mill_Green_Museum" title="Mill Green Museum">Mill Green Museum and Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_St_Lawrence_Church,_Ayot_St_Lawrence" title="Old St Lawrence Church, Ayot St Lawrence">Old St Lawrence Church, Ayot St Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaw%27s_Corner" title="Shaw's Corner">Shaw's Corner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Templewood_Primary_School" title="Templewood Primary School">Templewood Primary School</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other boroughs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Stevenage" title="Grade II* listed buildings in Stevenage">Stevenage</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Grade_II155" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Grade II</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Broxbourne</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Broxbourne_railway_station" title="Broxbourne railway station">Broxbourne railway station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheshunt_Great_House" title="Cheshunt Great House">Cheshunt Great House (remains)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dacorum</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashlyns_School" title="Ashlyns School">Ashlyns School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berkhamsted_Town_Hall" title="Berkhamsted Town Hall">Berkhamsted Town Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldfield_Mill,_Tring" title="Goldfield Mill, Tring">Goldfield Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Green_Dragon,_Flaunden" title="The Green Dragon, Flaunden">The Green Dragon, Flaunden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inns_of_Court_War_Memorial" title="Inns of Court War Memorial">Inns of Court War Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Mansion,_Berkhamsted" title="The Mansion, Berkhamsted">The Mansion, Berkhamsted</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Town_Hall,_Hemel_Hempstead" title="Old Town Hall, Hemel Hempstead">Old Town Hall, Hemel Hempstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pendley_Manor" title="Pendley Manor">Pendley Manor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Rex,_Berkhamsted" title="The Rex, Berkhamsted">Rex Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rossway" title="Rossway">Rossway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shendish_Manor" title="Shendish Manor">Shendish Manor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stocks_House" title="Stocks House">Stocks House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_John%27s_Church,_Boxmoor" title="St John's Church, Boxmoor">St John's Church, Boxmoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tring_Market_House" title="Tring Market House">Tring Market House</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">East Hertfordshire</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_Saints%27_Church,_Hockerill" title="All Saints' Church, Hockerill">All Saints' Church, Hockerill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benson_Memorial_Church" title="Benson Memorial Church">Benson Memorial Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_Pelham_Windmill" title="Brent Pelham Windmill">Brent Pelham Windmill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buntingford_Manor_House" title="Buntingford Manor House">Buntingford Manor House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Button_Snap" title="Button Snap">Button Snap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christ_Church,_Ware" title="Christ Church, Ware">Christ Church, Ware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hertford_Museum" title="Hertford Museum">Hertford Museum Tooke House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopper%27s_Hall" title="Hopper's Hall">Hopper's Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Horns,_Bull%27s_Green" title="The Horns, Bull's Green">The Horns, Bull's Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Munden_Primary_School" title="Little Munden Primary School">Little Munden Primary School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panshanger" title="Panshanger">Panshanger orangery, conservatory and stables</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_House,_Buntingford" title="Red House, Buntingford">Red House, Buntingford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rowneybury_House" title="Rowneybury House">Rowneybury Cottage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_John%27s_Church,_Letty_Green" title="St John's Church, Letty Green">St John's Church, Letty Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Tilbury,_Datchworth" title="The Tilbury, Datchworth">The Tilbury, Datchworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_White_Horse,_Burnham_Green" title="The White Horse, Burnham Green">The White Horse, Burnham Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_White_Horse,_Hertford" title="The White Horse, Hertford">The White Horse, Hertford</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hertsmere</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhaktivedanta_Manor" title="Bhaktivedanta Manor">Bhaktivedanta Manor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Chequers,_Potters_Bar" title="The Chequers, Potters Bar">The Chequers, Potters Bar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_York,_Ganwick_Corner" title="Duke of York, Ganwick Corner">Duke of York, Potters Bar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dyrham_Park_Country_Club" title="Dyrham Park Country Club">Dyrham Park Country Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Green_Man,_Potters_Bar" title="The Green Man, Potters Bar">The Green Man, Potters Bar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladbrooke_School" title="Ladbrooke School">Ladbrooke School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Lion,_Potters_Bar" title="The Lion, Potters Bar">The Lion, Potters Bar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakmere_House" title="Oakmere House">Oakmere House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potters_Bar_war_memorial" class="mw-redirect" title="Potters Bar war memorial">Potters Bar War Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shenley_Hall" title="Shenley Hall">Shenley Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manor_Lodge_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Manor Lodge School">Shenley Lodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wall_Hall" title="Wall Hall">Wall Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_White_Hart,_South_Mimms" title="The White Hart, South Mimms">The White Hart, South Mimms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_White_Horse,_Potters_Bar" title="The White Horse, Potters Bar">The White Horse, Potters Bar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyllyotts_Manor" title="Wyllyotts Manor">Wyllyotts Manor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North Hertfordshire</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashwell_Bury" title="Ashwell Bury">Ashwell Bury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashwell_War_Memorial" title="Ashwell War Memorial">Ashwell War Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breachwood_Green_Mill,_King%27s_Walden" title="Breachwood Green Mill, King's Walden">Breachwood Green Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Schools_Museum" title="British Schools Museum">British Schools Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitchin_Town_Hall" title="Hitchin Town Hall">Hitchin Town Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howgills,_Letchworth_Garden_City" title="Howgills, Letchworth Garden City">Howgills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lannock_Mill,_Weston" title="Lannock Mill, Weston">Lannock Mill, Weston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Letchworth_Garden_City_railway_station" title="Letchworth Garden City railway station">Letchworth Garden City railway station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Letchworth_Town_Hall" title="Letchworth Town Hall">Letchworth Town Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lytton_Mausoleum" title="Lytton Mausoleum">Lytton Mausoleum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minsden_Chapel" title="Minsden Chapel">Minsden Chapel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Putteridge_Bury" title="Putteridge Bury">Putteridge Bury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_George,_Letchworth" title="Church of St George, Letchworth">St George's Church, Letchworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Nicholas,_Norton" title="Church of St Nicholas, Norton">St Nicholas' Church, Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Mary,_Letchworth" title="Church of St Mary, Letchworth">St Mary's Church, Letchworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stagenhoe" title="Stagenhoe">Stagenhoe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">St Albans</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Blue_Anchor,_St_Albans" title="The Blue Anchor, St Albans">The Blue Anchor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Boot,_St_Albans" title="The Boot, St Albans">The Boot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Childwickbury_Manor" title="Childwickbury Manor">Childwickbury Manor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Cock,_St_Albans" title="The Cock, St Albans">The Cock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colney_Heath_Mill" title="Colney Heath Mill">Colney Heath Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleur_de_Lys,_St_Albans" title="Fleur de Lys, St Albans">Fleur de Lys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hare_and_Hounds,_St_Albans" title="Hare and Hounds, St Albans">Hare and Hounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Lower_Red_Lion" title="The Lower Red Lion">The Lower Red Lion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Old_Kings_Arms" title="The Old Kings Arms">The Old Kings Arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ye_Olde_Fighting_Cocks" title="Ye Olde Fighting Cocks">Ye Olde Fighting Cocks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Head,_Sandridge" title="The Queen's Head, Sandridge">The Queen's Head, Sandridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_and_Crown,_St_Albans" title="Rose and Crown, St Albans">Rose and Crown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Six_Bells" title="The Six Bells">The Six Bells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Albans_School,_Hertfordshire" title="St Albans School, Hertfordshire">St Albans School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sopwell_House" title="Sopwell House">Sopwell House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sopwell_Priory" title="Sopwell Priory">Sopwell Nunnery (ruins)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verulam_House,_St_Albans" title="Verulam House, St Albans">Verulam House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_White_Lion,_St_Albans" title="The White Lion, St Albans">The White Lion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Stevenage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barclay_Academy" title="Barclay Academy">Barclay Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shephall_Manor" title="Shephall Manor">Shephall Manor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevenage_Clock_Tower" title="Stevenage Clock Tower">Stevenage Clock Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Thomas_Alleyne_Academy" title="The Thomas Alleyne Academy">The Thomas Alleyne Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Trigg_(testator)" title="Henry Trigg (testator)">Trigg's Barn/37 High Street, Stevenage</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Three Rivers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Croxley_Green_Windmill" title="Croxley Green Windmill">Croxley Green Windmill</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Watford</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" 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