Where is Monkenhurst?

Monkenhurst is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.6578°, -0.1851°.

Gardens · London

Monkenhurst

Monkenhurst — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.

Gated entrance to The Crescent - geograph.org.uk - 367716 — Martin Addison — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1 h–2.5 h
Best time of year: Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)

Dog-friendly

Monkenhurst is a garden of interest in england-london, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

Monkenhurst is a house in the Victorian Gothic style at 15 The Crescent on the north edge of New Barnet in London, England. It overlooks Monken Hadley Common. The house was built in 1880 to a design by Peter Dollar and was once the home of the comedian Spike Milligan.

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Background

History

Monkenhurst was built in 1880 design by Peter Dollar and enlarged in 1915. in reference to the Battle of Barnet, a key battle in the conflict that took place nearby. In the 1920s the house was the home of the mining engineer and metallurgist Savannah Johnson Speak (1868–1929) and in the 1950s it was the residence of the radiologist Steven Carstairs (1919–1998). In 1973, the house along with other property totalling about two acres, was acquired by Highshore Properties, who, it was reported in Estates Gazette, intended to sell Monkenhurst and build houses and bungalows on the rest of the site. In 1974 Monkenhurst was acquired by the comedian Spike Milligan who spent £10,000 restoring it. He…

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