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History. Location. Park and lake. In popular culture. References and notes. External links. Brocket Hall. Coordinates: 51.801°N 0.246°W. Brocket Hall, main (north) façade. Brocket Hall is a neo-classical country house set in a large park at the western side of the urban area of Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire, England.
1239. The earliest evidence of a house dates back to 1239, it was originally called ‘Watershyppes’ and owned by a Simon Fitz Ade. 1440. The house was rebuilt and renamed, this is when the “Brockets”, originally from Yorkshire, established themselves as one of Hertfordshire’s leading families.
Historia. Ubicación. Parque y lago. En la cultura popular. Referencias y notas. Enlaces externos. Brocket Hall es una casa de campo neoclásica ubicada en un gran parque en el lado occidental del área urbana de Welwyn Garden City en Hertfordshire, Inglaterra.
23 de nov. de 2022 · Brocket Hall, a splendid Grade I neo-classical mansion set in beautiful parkland near Lemsford and not far from Welwyn Garden City, was built in 1760. It has a long and impressive history, but is perhaps best known as the home of two of Britain’s Prime Ministers, Lord Melbourne and Lord Palmerston, and for its connection with Queen ...
History. On the parkland site were two predecessors: the first of these was built in 1239 as Watership or Durantshide Manor, and was early held variously of Hatfield Manor and the Bishop of Ely. A second predecesor was built about 1430: whereas in 1413 John Mortimer had held Waterships, it is known that in 1477 Thomas Brockett held both manors.
Originating in the medieval period, the estate was laid out as a landscape park with woodland in the mid-18th century. The site covers about 200 hectares, and now contains two golf courses. Terrain. The ground slopes generally south-westwards down to the course of the River Lea, incorporating The Broadwater, which flows south across the estate.
In 1746 Matthew Lamb (1705-68) bought Brocket Hall from the estate of Thomas Winnington (d 1746). A plan of 1752 (HRO) shows that the old manor house or Hall stood to the north of an adjoining walled garden containing serpentine paths, set in extensive parkland.
