Chorleywood House Estate

The estate with Chorleywood House in the distance

Chorleywood House Estate is a 64.3 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Chorleywood in Hertfordshire. It is owned and managed by Three Rivers District Council, and the declaring authority is Hertfordshire County Council.[1][2]

It was designated a Local Nature Reserve in 2007. [3]

The River Chess runs through the estate which has formal parkland, meadows and mature woodland. Protected species include coralroot bittercress.[1] Chorleywood Dell is a key neutral grassland site in the Biodiversity Action Plan for Hertfordshire. The gardens surround the 200-year-old manor house and summer house.[4] [5]

There is access from Common Road.[1]

The house

The main frontage of the 1892 house.

A Regency mansion called Chorleywood House was built here in 1822 by John Barnes, replacing an earlier farm house. In 1892, the house was bought by Lady Ela Russell, a relative of the Duke of Bedford and she modified and enlarged the house. In June 1940, the mansion and land were bought by the Chorleywood Urban District Council, together with Hertfordshire County Council and London County Council and designated a public open space. During World War Two , the mansion housed evacuees from London. Chorleywood UDC then adopted the house for their offices and the Public Library was housed here. Tenants lived in flats in the upper storeys. When Chorleywood UDC devolved to became Three Rivers DC in 1974 the mansion was entirely converted into flats which are now leased privately. The grounds remain a public open space. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Chorleywood House Estate". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Map of Chorleywood House Estate". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Chorleywood House Estate Leaflet pdf. Friends of Chorleywood House Estate.
  4. ↑ "Chorleywood House Estate". Three Rivers District Council. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "General - Chorleywood House Estate". www.chorleywoodhouse.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  6. ↑ "House - Chorleywood House Estate". www.chorleywoodhouse.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-30.

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Coordinates: 51°39′47″N 0°30′08″W / 51.6631°N 0.5021°W / 51.6631; -0.5021

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