Berkhamstead Place.

Social History (Museum of St Albans)

2005.5840

Engraving of Berkhamstead Place, Hertfordshire. The dedication below the illustration reads: "To the Worsp.ll Edward Sayer of Barkhamsted [sic.] Place Esq. this Plate of the Manor House is Humbly Dedicated by John Oliver." Berkhamstead Place was an Elizabethan mansion built by Sir Edward Carey on the hill above the ruined Norman Castle at Berkhamstead around 1580, using materials from the castle. The house was greatly reduced in size by a 17th century fire which destroyed three wings, and was much altered in the following centuries. The majority of the house was demolished in 1967. This is similar to an illustration known to have been published in 1700 as part of Sir Henry Chauncy's "The Historical Antiques of Hertfordshire".

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Amy Cooke

4) Verulamium Archive Room

Berkhamstead Place (now demolished), Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, UK.

PWD Box 51.

20/10/2006