Fierce creatures (4) Markyate Cell, an Elizabethan mansion… Flickr


A regal home in the British Countryside with unlimited potential — Peter Chan

Shortly after the priory's dissolution a large country house was built on the site, called Markyate Cell, and now known as Cell Park. Markyate's position on Watling Street made it a coaching stop on the stagecoach routes from London to Birmingham and Holyhead , especially after the road was upgraded by Thomas Telford in the early 1800s, when it became known as the Holyhead Road .


16 bedroom country house for sale in Cell Park Dunstable Road, Markyate, AL3 8QH, AL3

Cell Park. /  51.8437°N 0.4644°W  / 51.8437; -0.4644. Cell Park (previously known as Markyate Cell) is a country house in Markyate, Hertfordshire near Luton, England. The house dates from the 16th century, has been modified at various times since then and was largely rebuilt in 1908 after a fire. It stands in 79 acres of land and is a.


Fierce creatures (4) Markyate Cell, an Elizabethan mansion… Flickr

Search our selection of properties for sale in Markyate. Our ever-changing portfolio of properties brings you closer to your ideal home in this village and civil parish in northwest Hertfordshire close to the borders with Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. We are always prepared to assist every one of our clients with the highest levels of support and insight into the market.


Markyate Cell Hertfordshire, Exterior, Cell

Following the surrender of Markyate Priory (founded C12) to Henry VIII in 1537, it was leased to Humphrey Bourchier (d 1540), who built a house on the site of the monastic buildings, 1539/40.. PRINCIPAL BUILDING Cell Park house (1539-40, Robert Lugar 1820s, listed grade II*) stands towards the north-east edge of the site, enclosed by gardens.


Markyate Cell (or Cell Park), near St Albans RIBA pix

Flats & Houses For Sale in Markyate - Find properties with Rightmove - the UK's largest selection of properties.. Cell Park, Markyate, St. Albans, AL3. Set within an approx. 18 acre parkland setting, the house has a. Commercial Development Microsite. Added on 02/01/2024 by Hamptons, Harpenden. Added on 02/01/2024. 01582 377929 Local.


A regal home in the British Countryside with unlimited potential — Peter Chan

Mountbatten House (formerly Gateway House), Basing View, Basingstoke, the former headquarters for the paper merchants Wiggins Teape by Arup Associates.. (Formerly listed as Markyate Cell) GV II* Country house. E part 1539-40 for Humphrey Bourchier next site of church of a suppressed priory of Benedictine Nuns founded 1145 by Abbot Geoffrey.


A regal home in the British Countryside with unlimited potential — Peter Chan

The house dates from the 16th century, has been modified at various times since then and was largely rebuilt in 1908 after a fire. It stands in 79 acres of land and is a Grade II* listed building. Cell Park is a country house in Markyate, Hertfordshire near Luton, England.


Markyate Cell, St. Albans 9 bed country house £9,500,000

9 Bedroom Detached for sale in St Albans, Markyate Park Cell, AL3 8QH, £9500000.00 listed by Kingsly Group, 24 February 2021. Prime and iconic Elizabethan Style Grade II* listed manor house standing in its own rolling parkland and impressive formal gardens extending over 70 acres, arguably one of Hertfordshire's finest private residences..


Markyate Cell Markyate Cell in the snow In medieval times … Flickr

2/147 Cell Park. 22.10.52 (Formerly listed as. Markyate Cell) GV II*. Country house. E part 1539-40 for Humphrey Bourchier next site of church. of a suppressed priory of Benedictine Nuns founded 1145 by Abbot. Geoffrey of St. Albans with Christina of Markyate as first prioress, dissolved 1537.


Markyate Cell Markyate Cell in the snow In medieval times … Flickr

Formerly known as Markyate Cell. It is a compact country house, parts of which date back to 1145, when Geoffrey of St Albans founded a priory of Benedictine nuns on the site.


Markyate Cell Is a 16th century renaissance mansion with a… Flickr

Repossessed mansion under offer for £6 million less than it was originally marketed for . Formerly known as Markyate Cell and renamed Cell Park in 1984, a Grade II* listed Hertfordshire manor house which inspired the film The Wicked Lady has seen its asking price slashed to just £4.9 million. The repossessed property is now under offer for £4 million.


Markyate Cell, St. Albans 9 bed country house £9,500,000

Cell Park (Markyate Cell) Cell Park (Markyate Cell) Near Markyate, Dacorum . Hertfordshire. England. Circa Date: 1539-40 w/17th, 18th, 19th & 20th century alterations and additions. Status: Fully Extant. House Open to Public: No. Country House: Yes. The House from a circa 1905 postcard.


Markyate Cell Markyate Cell in the snow In medieval times … Flickr

Cell Park. /  51.8437°N 0.4644°W  / 51.8437; -0.4644. Cell Park (previously known as Markyate Cell) is a country house in Markyate, Hertfordshire near Luton, England. The house dates from the 16th century, has been modified at various times since then and was largely rebuilt in 1908 after a fire. It stands in 79 acres of land and is a.


GOC Markyate 001 Cell Park, Markyate Cell Park, Markyate,… Flickr

Nine bedrooms & five bathrooms. 85 Acres. Over 12,000 sq ft of accomodation. Double garage. Woodlands and orchard. 2 x Two bedroom gate house cottages. South-West facing formal gardens. Period features throughout. self-contained two-bedroom cottage and a one-bedroom staff apartment.


'Wicked Lady Ferrers' 11bedroom mansion on sale for £4.25m Daily Mail Online

Markyatecell Park lies 4km south-west of the centre of Luton, at the northern edge of the village of Markyate. The c 35ha park is bounded to the south-west by the A5 Watling Street Roman road, to the south-east by the B4540 Luton Road, and on the other sides by agricultural land.. Cell Park house (1539-40, Robert Lugar 1820s, listed grade II.


Markyate Cell Beautiful homes, House styles, Mansions

Markyate Cell was built on the site of a 12th-century Benedictine Priory and takes its name from a cell, or smaller structure, that served the monastery. It was converted at great expense into a manor house in 1540, and then rebuilt in 1908 after a fire.

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