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Wrotham Park - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 51°40′38″N 0°11′48″W / 51.67722°N 0.19667°W

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Wrotham Park
Wrotham Park in 1820
location within Hertfordshire
General information
Type	English country house
Architectural style	Neo-Palladian
Location	Near Potters Bar, Hertfordshire
Country	England
Coordinates	51°40′38″N 0°11′48″W / 51.67722°N 0.19667°W / 51.67722; -0.19667
Completed	1754
Destroyed	1883 (fire), then rebuilt
Client	Admiral John Byng
Owner	Robert Byng
Grounds	2,500 acres
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Isaac Ware
Other information
Number of rooms	18 bedrooms
Website
wrothampark.com

Wrotham Park (pronounced /ˈruːtəm/, ROO-təm)^[1] is a neo-Palladian English country house in the parish of South Mimms, Hertfordshire. It lies south of the town of Potters Bar, 17 miles (27 km) from Hyde Park Corner in central London. The house was designed by Isaac Ware in 1754 for Admiral John Byng, the fourth son of Admiral George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington, and remains in the family at the heart of a 2,500-acre (10 km²) estate. It is one of the largest private houses near London inside the M25 motorway. Its distinctive exterior has been used over 60 times as a filming location.

The house is listed as a Grade II* building on the National Heritage List for England, and its landscaped park and gardens are Grade II listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.^[2]^[3]

History

Originally part of an estate known as Pinchbank (also Birchbank), first recorded in Middlesex in 1310 and owned in the 17th and early 18th centuries by the Howkins family, the property passed to Thomas Reynolds, a director of the South Sea Company, who renamed the estate Strangeways. His son, Francis, sold the property to Admiral John Byng who had the house rebuilt by Isaac Ware in 1754.^[4]

Admiral John Byng changed the name of the house to Wrotham Park in honour of the original family home in Wrotham, Kent.^[5] Byng never had an opportunity to live in retirement at Wrotham. Following his inadequately equipped expedition to relieve Menorca from the French during the Seven Years' War, he was court martialled and executed in 1757. This event was satirised by Voltaire in his novel Candide. In Portsmouth, Candide witnesses the execution of an officer by firing squad; and is told that "in this country, it is wise to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others" (pour encourager les autres).^[4]

The house was inherited by John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford in 1847 and passed to his son, George Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford, on the first earl's death in 1860.^[4] A disastrous fire in 1883 burned slowly enough to permit retrieval of the contents of the house, but gutted it.^[4] The house was rebuilt exactly as it was and still remains in the hands of the Byng family.^[6]

Filming location

Social events

Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece and the former Marie-Chantal Miller had a pre-wedding reception attended by approximately 1,300 guests two days before their 1 July 1995 wedding.^{[citation needed]}

Chelsea and England footballer Ashley Cole and Girls Aloud singer Cheryl had their wedding blessed at Wrotham Park on 15 July 2006.^{[citation needed]} They were not able to have their wedding there because Wrotham Park did not have a licence to hold civil weddings.

References

^ Woods, Judith (25 January 2002). "Palladian marvel outshines a cast of stars". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
^ Historic England, "Wrotham Park and stable block (1174715)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 1 March 2018
^ Historic England, "Wrotham Park (1000254)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 1 March 2018
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Wrotham Park, Barnet Hertfordshire Genealogy
^ 'South Mimms: Other estates', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5: Hendon, Kingsbury, Great Stanmore, Little Stanmore, Edmonton Enfield, Monken Hadley, South Mimms, Tottenham (1976), pp. 285–290
^ History, Wrotham Park.
^ "The Bright Thoughts Company".
^ IMDB Ghost in the Machine https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0611641/locations
^ "Where was King Ralph filmed?". British Film Locations. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
^ "Jane Eyre". The Castles and Manor Houses of Cinema's Greatest Period Films. Architectural Digest. January 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
^ Glancey, Jonathan (16 September 2011). "Constructive criticism: the week in architecture". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
^ The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly Poirot, 27 May 2014
^ IT, SCEEN. "The Gentlemen at Wrotham Park - filming location". www.sceen-it.com. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
^ Fecou, Louie (21 April 2023). "Where was the Netflix series The Diplomat filmed?". Ready Steady Cut. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

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Listed buildings in Hertfordshire

Grade I

Broxbourne	Eleanor Cross Wormleybury
Dacorum	130–136 Piccotts End Ashridge Business School Beechwood Park Berkhamsted School Old Building St Mary's Church, Hemel Hempstead
East Hertfordshire	Aston Bury Manor Balls Park Benington Castle (remains) Hertford Castle Gatehouse Hunsdon House Rye House Gatehouse Scott's Grotto Shire Hall, Hertford St James' Church, Stanstead Abbotts St Leonard's Church, Bengeo St Mary's Church, Ware St Mary the Virgin's Church, Little Hormead Waytemore Castle (remains) Woodhall Park (Heath Mount School)
Hertsmere	Tyttenhanger House
North Hertfordshire	Hitchin Priory Holy Trinity Church, Weston St John the Baptist's Church, Royston St Katharine's Church, Ickleford St Mary's Church, Ashwell St Mary's Church, Baldock St Mary's Church, Hitchin St Mary and St Thomas's Church, Knebworth Royston Cave
St Albans	Clock Tower Old Gorhambury House (remains) Rothamsted Manor St Albans Cathedral St Helen's Church, Wheathampstead St Mary's Church, Redbourn St Michael's Church, St Albans Verulamium
Stevenage	Rooks Nest House St Nicholas' Church
Three Rivers	Moor Park
Watford	Holy Rood Church, Watford St Mary's Church, Watford
Welwyn Hatfield	Brocket Hall Hatfield House/Old Palace New St Lawrence Church, Ayot St Lawrence

Grade II*

Broxbourne	Rawdon House Theobalds House
Dacorum	173 High Street, Berkhamsted Ashlyns Hall Bridgewater Monument The Bury, Hemel Hempstead Cell Park Dean Incent's House Gaddesden Place Golden Parsonage The Old Bell, Hemel Hempstead St Peter's Church, Great Berkhamstead Tring Park Mansion
East Hertfordshire	All Nations Christian College All Saints' Church, Hertford Almshouses, Buntingford Bayfordbury Chapel at St Edmund's College, Ware County Hall Cromer Windmill Fanhams Hall Goldings Haileybury and Imperial Service College Hare Street House Hanbury Manor Marden Hill House Much Hadham Palace Pishiobury Park Mansion St Andrew's Church, Buckland Stansted Hall Yeomanry House, Hertford Youngsbury Stable Block
Hertsmere	Aldenham House Dyrham Park lodges and arched gateway Hilfield Castle Knightsland Farm House Lululaund Salisbury Hall Wrotham Park
North Hertfordshire	All Saints Church, Radwell All Saints Church, Willian The Cloisters, Letchworth St Nicholas' Church, Hinxworth Hinxworth Place Homewood, Knebworth Knebworth House Princess Helena College Spirella Building St Margaret of Antioch's Church, Bygrave St Martin's Church, Knebworth St Mary Magdalene's Church, Caldecote St Paul's Walden Bury St Vincent's Church, Newnham
St Albans	All Saints Pastoral Centre St Albans Town Hall New Gorhambury House Redbournbury Mill St Leonard's Church, Sandridge St Nicholas Church, Harpenden St Peter's Church, St Albans St Stephen's Church, St Albans Westwick Cottage
Three Rivers	Hunton Park Langleybury Oxhey Chapel Redheath
Watford	The Grove The Mrs Elizabeth Fuller Free School building
Welwyn Hatfield	Ayot House Digswell Viaduct Mill Green Museum and Mill Old St Lawrence Church, Ayot St Lawrence Shaw's Corner Templewood Primary School
Other boroughs	Stevenage

Grade II

Broxbourne	Broxbourne railway station Cheshunt Great House (remains)
Dacorum	Ashlyns School Berkhamsted Town Hall Goldfield Mill The Green Dragon, Flaunden Inns of Court War Memorial The Mansion, Berkhamsted Old Town Hall, Hemel Hempstead Pendley Manor Rex Cinema Rossway Shendish Manor Stocks House St John's Church, Boxmoor Tring Market House
East Hertfordshire	All Saints' Church, Hockerill Benson Memorial Church Brent Pelham Windmill Buntingford Manor House Button Snap Christ Church, Ware Hertford Museum Tooke House Hopper's Hall The Horns, Bull's Green Little Munden Primary School Panshanger orangery, conservatory and stables Red House, Buntingford Rowneybury Cottage St John's Church, Letty Green The Tilbury, Datchworth The White Horse, Burnham Green The White Horse, Hertford
Hertsmere	Bhaktivedanta Manor The Chequers, Potters Bar Duke of York, Potters Bar Dyrham Park Country Club The Green Man, Potters Bar Ladbrooke School The Lion, Potters Bar Oakmere House Potters Bar War Memorial Shenley Hall Shenley Lodge Wall Hall The White Hart, South Mimms The White Horse, Potters Bar Wyllyotts Manor
North Hertfordshire	Ashwell Bury Ashwell War Memorial Breachwood Green Mill British Schools Museum Hitchin Town Hall Howgills Lannock Mill, Weston Letchworth Garden City railway station Letchworth Town Hall Lytton Mausoleum Minsden Chapel Putteridge Bury St George's Church, Letchworth St Nicholas' Church, Norton St Mary's Church, Letchworth Stagenhoe
St Albans	The Blue Anchor The Boot Childwickbury Manor The Cock Colney Heath Mill Fleur de Lys Hare and Hounds The Lower Red Lion The Old Kings Arms Ye Olde Fighting Cocks The Queen's Head, Sandridge Rose and Crown The Six Bells St Albans School Sopwell House Sopwell Nunnery (ruins) Verulam House The White Lion
Stevenage	Barclay Academy Shephall Manor Stevenage Clock Tower The Thomas Alleyne Academy Trigg's Barn/37 High Street, Stevenage
Three Rivers	Croxley Green Windmill
Watford	High Elms Manor The Old Station House St John's Church, Watford Watford Grammar School for Boys Watford Palace Theatre Watford Town Hall
Welwyn Hatfield	The Beehive, Welwyn Garden City The Brocket Arms Digswell House The Eight Bells, Hatfield Hope and Anchor, Welham Green The Horse and Groom, Hatfield The Green Man, Hatfield The Red Lion, Hatfield Statue of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Tolmers Park The Wrestlers, Hatfield