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Batchwood Hall

Batchwood Hall is a large country house in St Albans, Hertfordshire

History

The house was designed in the Queen Anne style and built by Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe in 1874.[1] The house has a miniature version of of the Great Clock in the clock tower at the Palace of Westminster.[2] The was acquired by St Albans Council in 1935[1] and became an event venue in the 1970s.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Batchwood Hall". St Albans and Hertfordshire Architectural and Archaeological History Society. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  2. ^ "About Batchwood Hall". Batchwood Hall Golf Club. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Club Batchwood: the spooky past behind St Albans favourite nightclub". Hertfordshire Advertiser. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
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