Haynes Park
| Haynes Park | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Type | Country House |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| Location | Haynes Church End, Bedfordshire |
| Coordinates | 52°03′48″N 0°25′34″W / 52.0632°N 0.4261°WCoordinates: 52°03′48″N 0°25′34″W / 52.0632°N 0.4261°W |
| Completed | c.1725 |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Brick with slate roof |
| Designations | Grade I listed |
Haynes Park is a Georgian country house which stands in parkland at Haynes Church End, Bedfordshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building.[1]
Originally known as Hawnes Park it was built c.1725 for Lord Carteret, a prominent statesman and remodelled and expanded several times since by his descendants. It is constructed of red and white brick to a square plan in two storeys with attics and slate roofs. Later extensions formed a courtyard. The south front has 13 bays in a 3-7-3 formation surmounted by a parapet, the two outer bays projecting in 2-storey bows. It stands in an estate which today comprises some 800 acres (320ha) of parkland and woodland.
The estate passed down to John Thynne, 3rd Baron Carteret, who died childless, leaving it to his nephew Lord John Thynne, the sub-Dean of Westminster.
In 1929 the house became a boarding school for girls known as Hawnes Girls School which closed in 1975 and was then taken over by Clarendon School after their previous premises had been destroyed in a fire. After Clarendon School went into liquidation in 1992 the property was sold to the Radha Soami Satsang Beas British Isles (RSSB), an Indian sect and is still (2018) still occupied by the associated organisation Science of the Soul.[2]
References
- ↑ Historic England. "Haynes Park (1321815)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "Haynes Park - Haynes Church End, Bedfordshire, UK - Pre-Victorian Historic Homes on Waymarking.com". Waymarking.com. Retrieved 24 September 2018.