Description

THE COMMON
1.
5016
Stanmore
Central entrance block to
Bentley Priory
TQ 19 SE 2/5

II*

2.
By Sir John Soane, 1789-90. Enlargement by Robert Smirke 1810-18. Entrance lobby,
long drawing room and circular boudoir are probably the only parts by Soane in
anything like their original condition. The external facades are quite changed by
iron balconies and other C19 additions. Some fragments of older work remain.
The house was, for the last year and a half of her life, the home of the
Dowager Queen Adelaide, who died here in 1849. It was also the home of the
Marquesses of Abercorn and Lord Aberdeen in C19. Gutted by fire 1979. Of
historical interest as the headquarters of Fighter Command during the
Battle of Britain and until 1968. (DRUETT, W W "Stanmore and Harrow Weald
Through the Ages" 1938 pages 130 to 137; IREMONGER, Lucille "Lord Aberdeen" 1978
pages 25 and 26).

Listing NGR: TQ1547393279

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Bentley Priory at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q4890494

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version