Historic BuildingsHemel Hempstead

Queen Victoria's trusted prime minister Benjamin Disraeli lived here from 1848 until his death in 1881. Most of his furniture, books and pictures remain in this, his private retreat from the rigours of parliamentary life in London. There are beautiful walks through the surrounding park and…
Distance: 14.2 miles away

One of England's most beloved stately homes, Knebworth House is famous worldwide for its rock concerts and as the home of Victorian novelist Edward Bulwer Lytton ‐ author of the words The pen is mightier than the sword ‐ this beautiful gothic mansion is situated 29 miles north…
Distance: 13.6 miles away

The Cathedral and Abbey Church of Saint Alban is the seat of the Bishop of St Albans and serves the Diocese of St Albans in the counties of Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, the Borough of Luton and the London Borough of Barnet.The cathedral is a centre of worship and mission…
Distance: 5.3 miles away

The substantial remains of a strong and important motte and bailey castle dating from the 11th to 13th centuries, with surrounding walls, ditches and earthworks.…
Distance: 4.4 miles away

'A palace like cottage, the most luxurious and lovely thing I ever saw'. This was how Gladstone's daughter, Mary, described Ascott after a visit in the 1880s. Ascott, as well as being open to the public, has continued to be a family home, just as Anthony de…
Distance: 14.5 miles away

This historic and enchanting Tudor Manor House is set in the charming estate village of Chenies in Buckinghamshire overlooking the Chess valley.The architectural historian Nickolaus Pevsner described the manor house as:Beautifully mellow under the trees by the church, and archaeologically a fascinating puzzleThe 22 individual cut brick…
Distance: 6 miles away

The new Gardens of the Rose in St Albans, run by the Royal National Rose Society are currently being redeveloped and the first phase will open to the general public in the summer of 2007.The Royal National Rose Society have appointed leading garden designer and landscape architect Michael…
Distance: 4.3 miles away

The decorated remains of an impressive Elizabethan mansion, demonstrating the extent to which the Renaissance influenced architecture in England. Gorhambury House is a fine neo‐Palladian house, built in 1777 ‐ 84 to the designs of Sir Robert Taylor. In the Middle Ages the Gorhambury estate, lying…
Distance: 3.4 miles away

The State Rooms of this celebrated Jacobean House are rich in paintings, furniture, fine tapestries and historic armour. The extensive garden was originally planted by John Tradescant the Elder in the early 17th century. Lady Gwendolen Cecil, younger daughter of Prime Minister Salisbury, designed the West…
Distance: 11 miles away

Milton's Cottage is the only extant home of John Milton, the great English poet and parliamentarian, in Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire. It was in this grade 1 listed XVIth century cottage, described by Thomas Ellwood as that pretty box in St. Giles, Chalfont, that Milton…
Distance: 9.5 miles away

Shaw's Corner is the former home to famous Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw for over 40 years.Bernard Shaw lived in this Edwardian Arts & Crafts‐influenced house from 1906 until his death in 1950. The rooms remain much as he left them, with many literary and personal effects evoking…
Distance: 10.3 miles away