Ashridge House - Herts - Photos Then and Now on Waymarking.com

"The 7th Earl of Bridgewater commissioned James Wyatt to build the present neo-gothic building as his home: it was completed in 1813. The boundary between Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire originally passed through the dining room, though the house is now entirely in Hertfordshire.

In 1921 the house was acquired by a trust established by Andrew Bonar Law, a former Prime Minister and in 1929 it became a "College of Citizenship" established to help the Conservative Party develop its intellectual forces in struggles with left-wing organisations such as the Fabian Society. It became a cross between a think-tank and a training centre and had Arthur Bryant as its educational adviser. During World War II, the building and the lawn in front of it was used as a secondary site for Charing Cross Hospital. and parts where a maternity ward during WW2.

After the war, the College of Citizenship was briefly re-launched. In 1959 it was re-launched again as a College to provide management training.

The building is now a Grade 1 listed building."

The house has been used for several films IE The Dirty Dozen and Harry Potter and is also a popular wedding Venue.

FROM WIKIPEDIA " Ashridge is an estate and house in Hertfordshire, England; part of the land stretches into Buckinghamshire and it is close to the Bedfordshire border. It is situated in the Chiltern Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, about two miles (3 km) north of Berkhamsted and twenty miles (32 km) north west of London. Surrounding villages include Aldbury, Pitstone, Ivinghoe, Little Gaddesden, Nettleden, Frithsden and Potten End.

The estate comprises 20 square kilometres (5,000 acres) of woodlands (known as Ashridge Forest), commons and chalk downland which supports a rich variety of wildlife. It also offers a good choice of waymarked walks through outstanding country. The estate is currently owned by the National Trust."







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Year photo was taken: 1930's

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