Earlier Houses: The original 16th century house was demolished in 1860 and replaced by a new 40-room house that was completed in 1864. This second house was partially demolished between 1885 and 1886, leaving only the first floor standing. During the Great War the house was used as a nursing home; during World War II it functioned as a maternity home. After WWII this last fragment of the house was demolished.
Garden & Outbuildings: The only remnant of Battlesden House is the coach house, which is today a private residence.
Architect: Humphry Repton
Date: Circa 1800Architect: Joseph Paxton
Date: 1860sJohn Preston (J.P.) Neale, published under the title of Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, among other titles: Vol. I, 1818.
House Listed: Demolished
Park Listed: Grade II
Past Seat / Home of: SEATED AT FIRST HOUSE: Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, 18th century. Sir Gregory Page-Turner, 3rd Bt., until 1805; Sir Gregory Osborne Page-Turner, 4th Bt., 1805-43; Sir Edward George Thomas Page-Turner, 5th Bt., 1843-46; Sir Edward Henry Page-Turner, 6th Bt., 1846-62. SEATED AT SECOND HOUSE: Sir Edward Henry Page-Turner, 6th Bt., 1862-74. Francis Charles Hastings Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford, 19th century.
Current Ownership Type: Demolished
Primary Current Ownership Use: Demolished
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No