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Hilfield Castle (Hillfield Castle) (Hilfield Lodge)

  • Built / Designed For: George Villiers

  • Garden & Outbuildings: Hilfield Park Reservoir is owned by Affinity Water and managed by The Hertfordshire and Middlesex Wildlife Trust Limited, a registered charity.

  • Architect: Jeffry Wyatville (Wyattville) (Wyatt)

    Date: Circa 1800-05
    Designed: House for George Villiers

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  • Title: Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, A - HARDBACK
    Author: Colvin, Howard
    Year Published: 2008
    Reference: pg. 1199
    Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
    ISBN: 9780300125085
    Book Type: Hardback

  • House Listed: Grade II*

    Park Listed: Not Listed

  • "Lolita" (1962 - as Castle Quilty). "Murder at the Gallop" (1963 - as Old Enderby's house). "Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)" [aka "My Partner the Ghost"] (1969 - TV series, as Lois Maxwell's house in the episode "For the Girl Who Has Everything"). "The Benny Hill Show" (1979 - TV series, in the "Wondergran Meets Dracula" segment).
  • Past Seat / Home of: The Hon. George Villiers, 1800-18. John Fam Timins, 1818-43; William Raikes Timins, 1843-66; The Rev. Douglas Cartwright Timins, 1866-72; Douglas Theodore Timins, 1872-1906. Henry Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham, 1906-07.

    Current Ownership Type: Unknown

    Primary Current Ownership Use: Unknown

  • House Open to Public: Grounds Only

    Historic Houses Member: No